Remote Area Surveillance System Using Zigbee Networks

Electronics and Communication Engineering

NATIONAL CONFERENCE on VLSI, COMMUNICATION AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (NCVCS-2017)

Today, we live in a world of connectivity and wish to keep ourselves informed of each ongoing scenario from everywhere in the world. Such an awareness of ongoing activities becomes more important in remote areas that are to be monitored in order to maintain connectivity and security. The use of satellite monitoring for this is complex and expensive. The objective of this paper is to propose a means of communication using ZigBee sensors, Pyroelectric Infrared (PIR) sensor, Cameras, Arduino UNO R3 (the base station) and cloud computing programs. We are using ZigBee for this project as it is inexpensive, low-power consuming, less complex and reliable; most importantly because they can be used without licensed frequency band. ZigBee works without a network connection which may be exploited in the remote areas, devoid of network coverage. Hence two ZigBee modules in addition with cloud computing and Arduino UNO could be of use in monitoring the conditions of a selected area. This monitoring system can be used to sense the temperature change, unexpected movements etc., and hence they may be of use in defence and forestry departments.

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