Public utilities services (gas, water and electricity)
have been traditionally automated with several technologies. The
main functions that these technologies must support are AMR,
Automated Meter Reading, and SCADA, Supervisory Control
And Data Acquisition. Most meter manufacturers provide devices
with Bluetoothr or ZigBeeTM communication features. This characteristic
has allowed the inclusion of wireless sensor networks
(WSN) in these systems. Once WSNs have appeared in such
a scenario, real-time AMR and SCADA applications can be
developed with low cost. Data must be routed from every meter to
a base station. This paper describes the use of a novel QoS-driven
routing algorithm, named SIR: Sensor Intelligence Routing, over
a network of meters. An arti cial neural network is introduced
in every node to manage the routes that data have to follow. The
resulting system is named Intelligent Wireless Sensor Network
(IWSN)
