Application and network layers design for wireless sensor network to supervise chemical active product warehouse

Abstract

Wireless sensor networks have profound effects on many application fields like security management which need an immediate and fast system reaction. Indeed, the monitoring of a dangerous product warehouse is a major issue in chemical industry field. This paper describes the design of chemical warehouse security system using the concept of active products and wireless sensor networks. A security application layer is developed to supervise and exchange messages between nodes and the control center to prevent industrial accident. Different security rules are proposed on this layer to monitor the internal state and incompatible products distance. If a critical event is detected, the application generates alert message which need a short end to end delay and low packet loss rate constraints by network layer. Thus, a QoS routing protocol is also developed in the network layer. The proposed solution is implemented in Castalia/OMNeT++ simulator. Simulation results show that the system reacts perfectly for critical event and can meet the QoS constraints of alert message.