WISENET
www.wisenet.uu.se

Visions and Goals

The impact of Wireless Sensor Networks on the society, industry and everyday life by is forecasted to be of the same scope as that of Internet.

Wireless sensor networks combine sensing, data processing and wireless communication into a coherent ensemble of tiny embedded devices. Peer-topeer protocols then combine the individual devices into an interconnected system.

Wireless sensor networks - incorporating hundreds, even thousands, of tiny interconnected monitoring devices can be launched anywhere and almost instantly since there is no need for wiring.

If this vision could be fulfilled an almost unimaginable number of new applications can be developed. For example: easy monitoring of wear inside machinery, precision environment monitoring at land and sea, and monitoring health care patients in daily life.

WISENET is a new research center on Wireless Sensor Networks. It is funded by VINNOVA, Uppsala university, SICS and industrial partners for the years 2007-2017. It is located at Uppsala university. Our industrial and public organization partners provide application knowledge to the center and real usage of the research results.

To reach our vision, a multidisciplinary research approach is necessary, combining expertise in networking, operating systems, sensor devices, micro-systems and wireless communication.

Our research is focused on how to:

• integrate sensing, data processing and communication into one sensor unit,
• make sensor networks self-configuring, robust and maintenance-free up to 10 years,
• attach sensor networks to Internet in a secure way,

with the objective to reach an integration size of 5x5x5mm and a manufacturing cost of 1¤ for a regular unit.

The WISENET general goals are:

• to become one of the leading multidisciplinary centers on wireless sensor networks in the world,
• to provide prototypes and other top level research results for further commercialization by industrial/other partners, and
• to create new study programs on wireless sensor networks for undergraduate as well as graduate students.

Per Gunningberg Scientific Director	Staffan Truvé Chairman of the board