title: Streetlight Control System Based on Wireless Communication over DALI Protocol.
abstract: Public lighting represents a large part of the energy consumption of towns and cities. Efficient management of public lighting can entail significant energy savings. This work presents a smart system for managing public lighting networks based on wireless communication and the DALI protocol. Wireless communication entails significant economic savings, as there is no need to install new wiring and visual impacts and damage to the facades of historical buildings in city centers are avoided. The DALI protocol uses bidirectional communication with the ballast, which allows its status to be controlled and monitored at all times. The novelty of this work is that it tackles all aspects related to the management of public lighting: a standard protocol, DALI, was selected to control the ballast, a wireless node based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard with a DALI interface was designed, a network layer that considers the topology of the lighting network has been developed, and lastly, some user-friendly applications for the control and maintenance of the system by the technical crews of the different towns and cities have been developed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Architecture, Electronics and Electronic Technology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba 14071, Spain. fjbellido@uco.es.
authors.forename: Francisco José
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Bellido-Outeiriño
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Architecture, Electronics and Electronic Technology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba 14071, Spain. el1qulaf@uco.es.
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Quiles-Latorre
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Architecture, Electronics and Electronic Technology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba 14071, Spain. el1momoc@uco.es.
authors.forename: Carlos Diego
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Moreno-Moreno
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Architecture, Electronics and Electronic Technology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba 14071, Spain. jmflores@uco.es.
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Flores-Arias
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Architecture, Electronics and Electronic Technology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba 14071, Spain. p92mogai@uco.es.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moreno-García
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Architecture, Electronics and Electronic Technology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba 14071, Spain. el1orlom@uco.es.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ortiz-López
keywords: DALI protocol; IEEE 802.15.4; street lighting system; wireless sensor networks