Physical layer network coding for bridge wireless monitoring

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Abstract

Structural Health Monitoring of bridges has aroused the interest of many researchers on various disciplines. Our purpose in this paper is to make an overview on SHM of bridges from two different research areas: Civil and Communication Engineering. For the former part, we provide some insights into the objectives and the ways SHM of bridges is made. For the Communication Engineering side, we provide some background on the used technologies in SHM of bridges. We distinguish the wired and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). We focus on communication limitations in WSNs, mainly the interference problem occurring when the sensors broadcast their measurements and resulting in performance degradation. In this paper we review basic tools existing in literature based on the Physical Layer Network Coding approaches. We focus on the Compute-and-Forward protocol known to provide significant gains. Our main contribution concerns the implementation of this protocol and discussion of its practical challenges.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Resilience and Sustainability - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management
PublisherTaylor and Francis - Balkema
Pages282-289
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9780415621243
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2012
Event6th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, IABMAS 2012 - Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy
Duration: 8 Jul 201212 Jul 2012

Publication series

NameBridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Resilience and Sustainability - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, IABMAS 2012
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityStresa, Lake Maggiore
Period8/07/1212/07/12

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