Optimization of Sensor and Wireless Network for Forest Fire Detection

Abstract

Detection of forest fire is a complex and vital process. The system must be accurate and the response of the system must be fast. The main parameter to be measured in case of forest fire is temperature. Hence it is important to select appropriate temperature sensor considering the various parameters and real time scenario. In this paper selection of an appropriate temperature sensor for forest fire detection system is done based on real time experiment. Another important aspect of this system is the network for transmission of sensed data to base station for analysis. The network employed must be wireless and it must be secure, reliable, robust, easy to implement and cost effective. The loss of data or latency in the network can results in a disaster. AHP is used to select an appropriate network with higher throughput and lower latency.