Multi-Coil Magneto-Inductive Communications for Wireless Sensor Networks
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Major
Electrical Engineering
Research Advisor
Zheng, Y. Rosa
Advisor's Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Funding Source
National Science Foundation (NSF) REU
Abstract
This paper presents the design and field tests of a Magneto-Inductive (MI) communication system for wireless sensor network applications. The proposed MI communication system utilizes three coils in a 3D spherical structure to improve the spatial sensitivity patterns and communication range. The sensor nodes equipped with a multi-coil MI system are designed to communicate at 125 kHz carrier frequency with 1 - 5 kbps data rate. Field tests in air and underwater demonstrate that the proposed sensor nodes can achieve reliable, low power communication at a range of 50 - 60 meters with a data rate up to 4 kbps.
Biography
Justin Hoyt is a senior undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering at the University of Missouri Science and Technology. He has been working as an undergraduate research assistant for Dr. Y. Rosa Zheng since April 2014. Through this research opportunity, he was given the distinguished task of presenting a paper related to this topic at the Underwater Communications Conference 2014 in Italy. Previously, he had a co-op with Ameren Missouri and has accepted an internship with Dynetics for the coming summer. He is currently a member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and IEEE. After receiving his Bachelor’s Degree, he plans to pursue his Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.
Research Category
Engineering
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Award
Engineering poster session, Third place
Location
Upper Atrium/Hall
Presentation Date
15 Apr 2015, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Multi-Coil Magneto-Inductive Communications for Wireless Sensor Networks
Upper Atrium/Hall
This paper presents the design and field tests of a Magneto-Inductive (MI) communication system for wireless sensor network applications. The proposed MI communication system utilizes three coils in a 3D spherical structure to improve the spatial sensitivity patterns and communication range. The sensor nodes equipped with a multi-coil MI system are designed to communicate at 125 kHz carrier frequency with 1 - 5 kbps data rate. Field tests in air and underwater demonstrate that the proposed sensor nodes can achieve reliable, low power communication at a range of 50 - 60 meters with a data rate up to 4 kbps.
