I. Executive Overview

WSN Technology Impact on Market Forecasts

Technology Forces
Industrial Monitoring & Control
Residential Control & Automation
Advanced Metering Infrastructure

Wireless Sensor Network Technology Components

Radio Communication Systems
FHSS versus DSSS
Network Protocols
Broadcast versus Dynamic Routing
Mobile Networks
Hybrid Mesh/Star Networks
Fixed/Broadcast Routing in Mesh Networks
NASA JPL’s Sensor Webs
ZigBee/15.4
Wireless Industrial Network Standards

Wireless Sensor Network Design Considerations

WSN Application Classes
WSN Design Tradeoffs
Topology Tradeoffs
Range Trade-offs
Power Tradeoffs
Duty Cycles
Energy Harvesting
Scalability
Software Applications
Installation
Integration

WSN Technology Adoption Trends

Radios
Standards Adoption
Frequencies
Data Rates
Power Systems
Maximum Nodes per Network
Cost per Node
Wireless Sensor Network Technology Evaluation Testing

List of Figures:

Figure 1: Industrial WSN Units, Moderated View 2005-2010
Figure 2: Industrial WSN Technology Forces’ Impact
Figure 3: Commercial WSN Units, Moderated View 2005-2010
Figure 4: Commercial WSN Technology Forces Impact
Figure 5: Residential WSN Units, Moderated View 2005-2010
Figure 6: Residential WSN Technology Forces Impact
Figure 7: AMR/AMI WSN Units, Moderated View 2005-2010
Figure 8: AMR/AMI WSN Technology Forces Impact
Figure 9: Wireless Sensor Network Components
Figure 10: Accutech Wireless Industrial Networks
Figure 11: Dust Networks Energy Management Solution
Figure 12: Millennial Net Mesh/star Topology
Figure 13: Sensor Webs Information Flow
Figure 14: Sensor Webs’ Distributed Architecture
Figure 15: Communication Data Rate versus Transmission Power
Figure 16: Current WSN Radio Types Used by OEMs
Figure 17: Standards Adoption Plans by OEMs
Figure 18: Standards Adoption Plans by Systems Integrators
Figure 19: WSN Frequencies Used by OEMs
Figure 20: WSN Frequencies Used by Systems Integrators
Figure 21: Ranges by Current OEM WSN Products
Figure 22: Ranges by Current Systems Integrators WSN Products
Figure 23: WSN Data Rates Used by OEMs
Figure 24: WSN Data Rates Used by Systems Integrators
Figure 25: Battery Powered Nodes Today
Figure 26: Ideal Node Lifetimes, Claimed by OEMs
Figure 27: Maximum Nodes per Network, by OEMs
Figure 28: Maximum Nodes per Network, by Systems Integrators
Figure 29: WSN Node Sizes, by OEMs
Figure 30: WSN Node Sizes, by Systems Integrators
Figure 31: OEM WSN Node Costs

List of Tables:

Table 1: Technology Forces’ Impact on Target Markets
Table 2: Technology Forces’ Impact & Complications
Table 3: Available Radios and Their Expected Ranges
Table 4: Application class examples
Table 5: WSN Network Design Variables
Table 6: Topology Tradeoffs for WSN