NetBEAMS Project
NetBEAMS extends the scalability, sensor
integration and data management capabilities of the
Java Distributed Data Acquisition and Control (JDDAC)
infrastructure. This project applies JDDAC to a significant, long
term, real-world sensor network application.
NetBEAMS significantly contributes to the
environmental monitoring capabilities of CICORE, the Center for
Integrative Coastal Observation, Research and Education. CICORE
ultimately plans to establish oceanographic monitoring along the
entire 1200 miles of California coastline.
The NetBEAMS project interfaces a marine monitoring sensor array low
power wireless communication devices based on the JDDAC transducer
data models and interfaces. Communication is over a wide area
cellular network infrastructure. This significantly expands the
reach of existing measurement systems, which are tethered dock-side,
to allow them to be deployed at remote locations and offshore.
The scope of this project includes wired and wireless sensor arrays
in various locations in San Francisco Bay. Measurements include
pertinent water quality and environmental data including
temperature, pressure, salinity, and turbitity.
This project is a multidisciplinary collaboration between the JDDAC
Community, SUN Microsystems, Agilent Technologies, and San Francisco
State University Department of Computer Science, the Department of
Engineering and the San Francisco State University Romberg Tiburon
Center for Environmental Studies.
San Francisco State University provides the application, academic
leadership and participation by top SFSU graduate students. Student
work is funded and will contribute to both professional preparation
and academic credits. The Romberg Tiburon Center will continue to
provide open public access to the real-time data obtained from the
sensor network as it does today for SF-BEAMS. This WWW site is
maintained by San Francisco State Computer Science Department.
Funding is provided through a private grant
from Agilent Technologies matched by in-kind contributions from Sun
Microsystems.
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