System Architecting andSystem-on-Chip Design ofIntelligent Sensor Networks forActive Volcanoes

2008 
Inthis paper, anintelligent surveillance system custom software. Suchdevices typically consist ofa using sensor networks formonitoring active volcanoes has basicmicrocontroller, a radio, anda variety of beenpresented. Whilewireless sensornetworks can sensors. One ofthemainlimitations ofthese generically beusedfora widevariety ofapplications, platforms isthattheyarebuilt usingcommodity breakthrough innovations aremostoften achieved when chips, whichthemselves arenotspecifically designed driven byagenuine needorapplication, withitsspecificforwireless sensor network applications. Asaresult, system-level andscience-related requirements andobjectives. theysuffer several inefficiencies that leadtolimited Hence, ourworkfocuses onthedevelopment ofaspecificfunctional capabilities, highpowerconsumption, and surveillance system foractive volcanoes. We combine limited operational lifetimes (2). sensor network system engineering withsystems-on-chip Whilewireless sensornetworkscan implementation todevelop anintegrated surveillance system generically beusedforawidevariety ofapplications, called Sensor Networks forActive Volcanoes (SNAV). We breakthrough innovations aremostoften achieved report SNAVspecific science-related requirements and whendriven by a genuine application, withits system-level operations forthissurveillance system. specific science-related objectives andsystem-level Development oftheSNAVnodesystem-on-chip (SoC) isthen requirements. Hence,ourworkfocuses onthe presented. A rapid SoCprototyping ofthecontrol and development ofanintelligent surveillance system for computing subsystem wasimplemented asanexploratoryactive volcanoes whichwecall Sensor Networks for device based onreconfigurable SoCplatform architecture. A ActiveVolcanoes (SNAV).Withnew enabling low-power radio wasdeveloped asanembedded wirelesscomputing andsystems-on-chip (SoC) technologies, communication core forSNAVsystem-on-chip designs. The development ofadvanced systems-on-chip hardware success ofthis workenables low-power, low-cost sensor andsoftware forthese networks isoneofthemost networks forintelligent surveillance system applications.exciting research areasforcomputersystems Keywords- Volcano Monitoring System, Sensor Networks,designers. In section II,we present volcano System-on-Chip, Wireless Communication, Intelligent monitoring science requirements and system Surveillance System operation concepts. Insection III, we report the
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