A study on the vehicular wireless base-station for in-vehicle wireless sensor network system

In this paper, we study on the vehicular wireless basestation for in-vehicle wireless sensor network system. We introduce in-vehicle wireless sensor network system applying wireless sensor network technologies. The in-vehicle wireless sensor network system greatly consists of the vehicular wireless base-station, vehicular wireless sensor nodes, and wireless OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) module. Here, we describe the vehicular wireless base-station as sub-system of in-vehicle wireless sensor network system. The vehicular wireless base-station carries out roles which process ECU (Electronics Control Unit) information obtained from wireless OBD module and sensor information received from a number of vehicular wireless sensor nodes.

I. Introduction

Recently, wireless sensor network (WSN) technologies have been applied to various application areas such as smart building, hospital, chemical plant, healthcare, home network, vehicle, and agricultural industries [1]. So, the domestic and foreign vehicle industries are many efforts to apply WSN technologies to in-vehicle system. Although the vehicle's performance has been improved continuously, the vehicle's wiring harness is increased gradually due to the in-vehicle sensors and ECUs [2]. The vehicle's wiring harness results in problems such as the decline of fuel efficiency and complexity increase of vehicle development.