As the primary military operating environment shifts from the traditional battlefields to a more diverse urban environment, the use of remote wireless sensors is increasing. Traditional development and procurement methods are not capable of meeting the changing requirements and time constraints of commanders. To minimize the time to develop and deploy new systems, commercial solutions must be examined. The focus of this thesis is on the integration of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) components into a wireless multimedia sensor network. Because components from multiple vendors were utilized, different operating systems and transmission protocols had to be integrated across the network. The network must be capable of providing a varying Quality of Service (QoS) level depending on the active sensors in the network. To ensure the QoS level is met, an adaptive QoS algorithm was implemented in the wireless IEEE 802.11 router which monitored and measured the outgoing transmission interface; from which, it determined the latency and transmission jitter. Based on the results, the program can adjust the bandwidth as necessary. Finally, a user interface is developed that allows end users to monitor the network. The performance of the network is based on the end-to-end throughput, latency and jitter exhibited by the network.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/7287 |
| Date | 25 July 2012 |
| Creators | Molineux, Jeffrey S. |
| Contributors | Su, Weilian, McEachen, John C., Dec-08, McEachen, John C., Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Publisher | Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School |
| Source Sets | Naval Postgraduate School |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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