TY - GEN
T1 - Development of wireless sensor module and network for temperature monitoring in cold chain logistics
AU - Li, Chen Ming
AU - Nien, Chin Chung
AU - Liao, Jia Liang
AU - Tseng, Yu-Chee
PY - 2012/12/1
Y1 - 2012/12/1
N2 - In this paper, a wireless sensor module (WSM) and network used for cool box temperature monitoring in cold chain logistics is presented. The proposed WSM is implemented by integrating mainly a wireless microcontroller JENNIC 5418 based on IEEE 802.15.4 standard with a thermocouple sensing converter MAX31855. The transmitter power and sensitivity of the proposed module are 2.5 dBm and -95 dBm respectively, and the temperature range/resolution of the sensing converter is -40∼125 °C/0.25 °C. In order to demonstrate the communication quality of the proposed WSM, the point-to-point link quality indication (LQI) has been measured in a 20-foot cargo container filled up with the watered Styrofoam boxes. Furthermore, cool box temperature monitoring and cargo container position tracking regularly at remote-end are demanded for preventing the food from perishing under transportation in cold-chain logistics. Therefore, the access point (coordinator) of the wireless sensor network integrated with the GPS and 3G communication system is considerable, and it has been developed in our project.
AB - In this paper, a wireless sensor module (WSM) and network used for cool box temperature monitoring in cold chain logistics is presented. The proposed WSM is implemented by integrating mainly a wireless microcontroller JENNIC 5418 based on IEEE 802.15.4 standard with a thermocouple sensing converter MAX31855. The transmitter power and sensitivity of the proposed module are 2.5 dBm and -95 dBm respectively, and the temperature range/resolution of the sensing converter is -40∼125 °C/0.25 °C. In order to demonstrate the communication quality of the proposed WSM, the point-to-point link quality indication (LQI) has been measured in a 20-foot cargo container filled up with the watered Styrofoam boxes. Furthermore, cool box temperature monitoring and cargo container position tracking regularly at remote-end are demanded for preventing the food from perishing under transportation in cold-chain logistics. Therefore, the access point (coordinator) of the wireless sensor network integrated with the GPS and 3G communication system is considerable, and it has been developed in our project.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICWITS.2012.6417745
DO - 10.1109/ICWITS.2012.6417745
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84874253019
SN - 9781467309486
T3 - 2012 IEEE International Conference on Wireless Information Technology and Systems, ICWITS 2012
BT - 2012 IEEE International Conference on Wireless Information Technology and Systems, ICWITS 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE International Conference on Wireless Information Technology and Systems, ICWITS 2012
Y2 - 11 November 2012 through 16 November 2012
ER -