title: Long-range wireless mesh network for weather monitoring in unfriendly geographic conditions.
abstract: In this paper a long-range wireless mesh network system is presented. It consists of three main parts: Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), Base Terminal Units (BTUs) and a Central Server (CS). The RTUs share a wireless network transmitting in the industrial, scientific and medical applications ISM band, which reaches up to 64 Km in a single point-to-point communication. A BTU controls the traffic within the network and has as its main task interconnecting it to a Ku-band satellite link using an embedded microcontroller-based gateway. Collected data is stored in a CS and presented to the final user in a numerical and a graphical form in a web portal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Research and Postgrade Studies, Autonomus University of Querétaro, Cerro de las Campanas S/N, C.P. 76010 Querétaro, México. toledano@uaq.mx
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toledano-Ayala
authors.forename: Gilberto
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Herrera-Ruiz
authors.forename: Genaro M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Soto-Zarazúa
authors.forename: Edgar A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Rivas-Araiza
authors.forename: Rey D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Bazán Trujillo
authors.forename: Rafael E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Porrás-Trejo
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D058998:Remote Sensing Technology; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014887:Weather; D059015:Wireless Technology