This Thesis investigates the most appropriate choices from a hardware and software design perspective, trying to find a cost-efficient solution for the implementation of a simple and scalable wireless sensor network. The present work goes through the elements that form part of a constrained network and focuses on the design by analysing several network protocol alternatives, radio transmission mechanisms, different hardware devices and software implementations. The construction of a gateway board that starts and coordinates a sensor network is the main target of the thesis.

The gateway is connected externally through a USB interface that can be connected to a computer. Inside the WSN, the sensor nodes are connected to the gateway over IEEE 802.15.4 standard for low-power radio based links. 

The network is designed to be compliant with the TCP/IP stack by means of 6LoWPAN,
an adaptation layer protocol used for comprising IPv6 headers. In addition, a small implementation of CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) is developed that allows interoperability with the sensor nodes on the application layer level.

A security mechanism provides packet encryption and identification of nodes by means of  RFID reader connected to the gateway and RFID tags attached to the sensor nodes storing security information.Floriano Sánchez, SA. (2015). A self-organized Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for a home-event managed system: Design of a cost efficient 6LoWPAN-USB gateway with RFID security. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/56609.Archivo delegad

Floriano Sánchez, Sergio Antonio

This Thesis investigates the most appropriate choices from a hardware and software design perspective, trying to find a cost-efficient solution for the implementation of a simple and scalable wireless sensor network. The present work goes through the elements that form part of a constrained network and focuses on the design by analysing several network protocol alternatives, radio transmission mechanisms, different hardware devices and software implementations. The construction of a gateway board that starts and coordinates a sensor network is the main target of the thesis.

The gateway is connected externally through a USB interface that can be connected to a computer. Inside the WSN, the sensor nodes are connected to the gateway over IEEE 802.15.4 standard for low-power radio based links. 

The network is designed to be compliant with the TCP/IP stack by means of 6LoWPAN,
an adaptation layer protocol used for comprising IPv6 headers. In addition, a small implementation of CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) is developed that allows interoperability with the sensor nodes on the application layer level.

A security mechanism provides packet encryption and identification of nodes by means of  RFID reader connected to the gateway and RFID tags attached to the sensor nodes storing security information.Floriano Sánchez, SA. (2015). A self-organized Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for a home-event managed system: Design of a cost efficient 6LoWPAN-USB gateway with RFID security. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/56609

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A self-organized Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for a home-event managed system: Design of a cost efficient 6LoWPAN-USB gateway with RFID security

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) have existed for many years in industry applications for different purposes but their use has not been fully extended to the global consumers. Sensor networks have lately resulted to be greatly helpful to people in everyday life, specially in home automation applications for monitoring events, security, and control of devices and different elements in the house by using actuators. One of the main barriers to overcome in order to increase their popularity and achieve an worldwide deployment are costs and integration within other networks. This Thesis investigates the most appropriate choices to avoid those impediments from a hardware and software design perspective, trying to find a cost-efficient solution for the implementation of a simple and scalable wireless sensor network. The present work studies the elements that form part of a constrained network and focuses on the design by analysing several network protocol alternatives, radio transmission mechanisms, different hardware devices and software implementations. Once an optimal solution is found, the construction of a gateway board that starts and coordinates a sensor network will be the main target of this document including the development of an application that manages the sensors. The network is designed to be compliant with the TCP/IP stack by means of 6LoWPAN, an adaptation layer protocol used for comprising IPv6 headers over IEEE 802.15.4 radio links in constrained networks. In addition, a small implementation of CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) is developed that allows interoperability with the sensor nodes on the application layer, similarly as HTTP does in IP networks. The controller device (gateway) acts as a client for the remote sensor devices (nodes) that behave as servers in the CoAP application. The gateway exchange data and is managed from outside the WSN through a USB interface that can be connected to a computer. Security mechanisms are also considered by providing packet encryption and a method for identification of nodes. The authorization of new nodes entering the network is performed by an RFID reader connected to the gateway. An RFID tag is attached to the sensor nodes with authentication information stored in it. The gateway reads that information through the RFID modules and handle it internally to give access to that node. As a result of this, it is proven from the conclusions of the study the implementation of the gateway that inexpensive, self-managed, scalable WSNs provided with a robust security mechanism can be achieved and easily deployed . The work presented in this document is part of a larger project that also includes the design of sensor boards and the acquisition and analysis of sensor data. These works are mentioned and referenced in the related parts in this text.Trådlösa sensornätverk har funnits i många år inom industrin för olika ändamål, men dess användning har inte helt och hållet nått ut till de globala konsumenterna. Sensornätverk har på senare tid visat sig vara mycket hjälpfulla för människor i deras vardagsliv, och särskilt automatiseringsapplikationer för säkerhet, övervakning och kontroll av apparater och olika delar i huset, genom användning av manöverdon. Ett av de huvudsakliga hindren att ta sig förbi för att kunna öka dess popularitet och skapa en världsomfattande spridning är kostnader, integration inom andra nätverk och en enkel hantering. I den här avhandlingen undersöks vilka som är de lämpligaste alternativen för att undvika hinder ur ett hårdvaru- och mjukvarudesigns-perspektiv, genom att försöka hitta kostnadseffektiva lösningar för implementering av ett trådlöst sensornätverk. Arbetet undersöker de beståndsdelar vilka ett begränsat nätverk består av, samt fokuserar på designen genom att analysera flera olika nätverksprotokollsalternativ, radiosändningsmekanismer, olika hårdvaror och implementering av mjukvara. När väl den optimala lösningen hittats, kommer huvudmålet för detta dokument att vara en gateways konstruktion, vilken sätter igång och koordinerar ett sensornätverk, samt utvecklingen av en applikation som sköter sensorerna. Nätverket är designat för att vara medgörligt med TCP/IP-stacken med hjälp via 6LoWPAN, ett anpassat lagerprotokoll vilket används för att komprimera IPv6-headern i begränsade nätverk över IEEE 802.15.4 radionätverk. Dessutom har en liten implementering av CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) utvecklats vilket tillåter interoperabilitet med sensornoderna i applikationslagret, liknande HTTP i IP-nätverk. Gatewayen fungerar som en klient för sensornoderna, vilka beter sig som servrar i CoAP-applikationen. Gatewayen utbyter data och styrs utifrån det trådlösa sensornätverket genom ett USB-interface som kan kopplas till datorn. Säkerhetskonstruktioner tas också i akt genom att tillhandahålla kryptering och en metod för att identifiera noder. Behörighet för nya noder i nätverket utförs av en RFID-läsare som är kopplad till gatewayen. En RFID-bricka bifogas sensornoderna med lagrad verifieringsinformation. Porten läser den informationen genom RFID-moduler och hanterar den internt för att ge behörighet till noden. I och med detta är det bevisat, med den implementerade gatewayen och slutsatser från studien, att mycket effektiva, billiga och hanterbara trådlösa sensornätverk med kraftiga säkerhetskonstruktioner kan uppnås och enkelt distribueras. Arbetet som presenteras i det här dokumentet är en del av ett större projekt som också inkluderar uppbyggnaden av sensornoderna samt anskaffning och analys av sensordata. Dessa arbeten nämns och refereras till i de berörda delarna av texten

Floriano Sanchez, Sergio

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