Brusey J. – TechConnect Briefs

Wireless Sensing for the Built Environment: Enabling Innovation Towards Greener, Healthier Homes

Gaura E., Brusey J., Wilkins R., Cogent Computing Applied Research Centre, UK

The industry’s perception of wireless embedded networked sensing systems is changing towards a view of them as reliable, available, usable and affordable instruments. To many, they are no longer the next wave in engineering and [...]

Inferring Knowledge from Building Monitoring Systems: the Case for Wireless Sensing in Residential Buildings

Gaura E., Brusey J., Wilkins R., Cogent Computing Applied Research Centre, UK

Following more than a decade of intensive research work, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are commonly acknowledged today as proven research instruments for several application domains. In particular, they have made notable contributions to the understanding [...]

Power consumption of microelectronic equipment for wireless sensor networks

Poole N., Mo T., Brusey J., Coventry University, UK

The paper reports on research conducted by the authors into the power consumption of the microelectronics employed in a variety of practical wireless intelligent sensor applications. It aims to provide results that will inform developers [...]

Wireless sensor networks for activity monitoring in safety critical applications

Rednic R., Gaura E.I., Brusey J., Coventry University, UK

The ability to monitor posture is essential to many application areas, including virtual reality, health, and sports applications. The work here focuses on the use of postural monitoring monitoring in safety critical missions such as [...]

Priority Based Message Transmission over Unreliable Wireless Links for Safety Critical Monitoring Applications

Fei X., Kemp J., Gaura E.I., Brusey J., Cogent Computing Applied Research Centre, Coventry University, UK

In our prior work, a Body Sensor Network (BSN) system aimed at increasing safety of bomb disposal operatives during missions has been developed. Although this system served well the application at hand in terms of [...]

Wireless Sensor Networks for Aerospace Applications- Thermal Monitoring for a Gas Turbine Engine

Goldsmith D., Gaura E., Brusey J., Shuttleworth J., Cogent Computing Applied Research Centre, Coventry University, UK

The paper here reports on the development of a prototype wireless sensor network for thermal monitoring of aircraft gas turbine engines. The prototype acts as a concept demonstrator for the application at hand. Building upon [...]