Smartening the Environment using Wireless Sensor Networks in a Developing Country

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to create smart environments in developing countries, proposing a framework tailored for practical environmental monitoring and management.

Contribution

It introduces a design framework for deploying WSNs to enhance environmental awareness and management in developing countries like Bangladesh.

Findings

Proposed a WSN-based framework for environmental monitoring.

Discussed key aspects and challenges of implementing WSNs.

Highlighted benefits for developing countries' environmental management.

Abstract

The miniaturization process of various sensing devices has become a reality by enormous research and advancements accomplished in Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) lithography. Regardless of such extensive efforts in optimizing the hardware, algorithm, and protocols for networking, there still remains a lot of scope to explore how these innovations can all be tied together to design Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) for smartening the surrounding environment for some practical purposes. In this paper we explore the prospects of wireless sensor networks and propose a design level framework for developing a smart environment using WSNs, which could be beneficial for a developing country like Bangladesh. In connection to this, we also discuss the major aspects of wireless sensor networks.