The big night out: experiences from tracking flying foxes with delay-tolerant wireless networking

Philipp Sommer; Branislav Kusy; Adam McKeown; Raja Jurdak

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-03071-5_2

The big night out: experiences from tracking flying foxes with delay-tolerant wireless networking

Philipp Sommer^*, Branislav Kusy, Adam McKeown, Raja Jurdak

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Abstract

Long-term tracking of small-size animals with wireless sensor networks remains a challenge as only limited energy harvesting and storage is possible due to stringent size and weight constraints for animal collars.We present first experiences towards a perpetual monitoring system for free-living flying foxes. The highmobility of flying foxes requires a delay tolerant wireless network for data gathering: GPS positions and sensor data have to be stored locally until a wireless gateway deployed in bat congregation areas, so called roosting camps, comes within radio range. In this chapter, we present the system architecture and discuss our design decisions towards sustainable and reliable monitoring of flying foxes with a limited energy budget for sensing, storage and communication. Using empirical data from three free-living flying foxes, we characterize the overall system performance in terms of energy consumption and latency.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings of the 5th International Workshop, REALWSN 2013, Como (Italy), September 19-20, 2013
Editors	Koen Langendoen, Wen Hu, Federico Ferrari, Marco Zimmerling, Luca Mottola
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer, Springer Nature
Pages	15-27
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319030708
ISBN (Print)	9783319030708
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03071-5_2
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	5th International Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks, REALWSN 2013 - Como, Italy Duration: 19 Sept 2013 → 20 Sept 2013

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Name	Lecture notes in electrical engineering
Publisher	Springer International Publishing Switzerland
Volume	281
ISSN (Print)	1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)	1876-1119

Other

Other	5th International Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks, REALWSN 2013
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Como
Period	19/09/13 → 20/09/13

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Sommer, P., Kusy, B., McKeown, A., & Jurdak, R. (2014). The big night out: experiences from tracking flying foxes with delay-tolerant wireless networking. In K. Langendoen, W. Hu, F. Ferrari, M. Zimmerling, & L. Mottola (Eds.), Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks: proceedings of the 5th International Workshop, REALWSN 2013, Como (Italy), September 19-20, 2013 (pp. 15-27). (Lecture notes in electrical engineering; Vol. 281). Springer, Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03071-5_2

Sommer, Philipp ; Kusy, Branislav ; McKeown, Adam et al. / The big night out : experiences from tracking flying foxes with delay-tolerant wireless networking. Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks: proceedings of the 5th International Workshop, REALWSN 2013, Como (Italy), September 19-20, 2013. editor / Koen Langendoen ; Wen Hu ; Federico Ferrari ; Marco Zimmerling ; Luca Mottola. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, Springer Nature, 2014. pp. 15-27 (Lecture notes in electrical engineering).

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Sommer, P, Kusy, B, McKeown, A & Jurdak, R 2014, The big night out: experiences from tracking flying foxes with delay-tolerant wireless networking. in K Langendoen, W Hu, F Ferrari, M Zimmerling & L Mottola (eds), Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks: proceedings of the 5th International Workshop, REALWSN 2013, Como (Italy), September 19-20, 2013. Lecture notes in electrical engineering, vol. 281, Springer, Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 15-27, 5th International Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks, REALWSN 2013, Como, Italy, 19/09/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03071-5_2

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Sommer P, Kusy B, McKeown A, Jurdak R. The big night out: experiences from tracking flying foxes with delay-tolerant wireless networking. In Langendoen K, Hu W, Ferrari F, Zimmerling M, Mottola L, editors, Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks: proceedings of the 5th International Workshop, REALWSN 2013, Como (Italy), September 19-20, 2013. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Springer Nature. 2014. p. 15-27. (Lecture notes in electrical engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-03071-5_2

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