S an D iego S tate U niversity F ield S tation P rograms

San Diego State UniversityField Station Programs

Wireless Communication and Data collection at Remote Field Stations.

Presentation Topics

Implementation of Wireless Technology for Data Collection in the Field at SDSU’s Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve.

SMER Network Topology

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S ta tion F ou r

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S ta tion T h ree

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Line P o w e r

S ta tion O n eIntra-SMERBackbone

2.4GHz Radio components

Examples of Sensors

Portable Weather Station

Pan and Tilt Video Camera

South SMER

EddyTower

North SMER

Weather Station

Intra-SMERHPwrenAccess

North Station

South Tower

Data Shack

TCS 2 Repeater

Real time dataCourtesy of

Global Change Research Group

Gorge Crossing from North Station

Location for John Helly’s flow monitoring camera station.

Location for water quality sensors

Remote Imaging

RICOH i700 digital network camera

Axis Camera Server

Live video or emailed images from remote sites

Internet Connectivity viaHigh Performance Wireless

Education and Research NetworkHPwren

UCSD

Mt. Laguna Observatory

RinconIndian

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Palandian

Reservation

Sky Oaks ecologicalfield stations

Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve

La JollaIndianReservation

Various

Earthquake

Sensors

PalomarObservatory

HPwren San Diego Topology

SMER Access from Red Mt.

HPwren Link to SMERUCSD/SDSC

North Station

Mt. Soledad

Red Mt.

1.75 miles

39 miles

3.5 miles

Red Mt.

8 ft.

4ft.

45Mb RadioRed Mt.

Front

Back

4 ft. Radome5.8Ghz

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F i r e w al l

D at a S e r ve r

In t r a- S M E R

In t e r n e t

U n iv e rs ity o f C a lifo rn ia S a n D ie g o C a m p u s

S a n ta M a rg a rita E c o lo g ic a l R e s e rv e

HPwren to SMER Diagram

Remote Access

SDSU campus the Internet HPwren Intra-SMER South Tower