Smart Sensor Networks For Smart City Plan: Design, Implementation, And Analysis

Project Phases

Write about the Statement of Project Proposal for Smart Sensor Networks.

Smart wireless sensor networks are the networks that are composed of the nodes capable of sensing and controlling their respective environment. The sharing and transmission of information is carried out through the wireless links that assists in the development of interaction between people, systems, and environment. The data sets that are gathered by the nodes in the sensor networks are then transferred to the sink that may utilize the data locally or may connect to the other networks with the assistance of a gateway (Islam, Mukhopadhyay & Suryadevara, 2017). The smart sensor networks will form an integral part in the smart city plan for the Nelson city. It is because these networks will allow smart connectivity and information exchange and will be utilized in the areas as smart buildings, environmental monitoring, health care, security applications, surveillance activities, logistics, transportations, and several other areas.

There has been a lot of research done in the areas of sensor networks; however, the architecture that is needed to use and implement the smart sensor networks is still not known to many. There are also security aspects that need to be covered while developing the smart sensor networks so that the security risks and attacks are prevented and controlled. Thus, it is essential to look into the components and technologies associated with the smart sensor networks for their implementation (Yang & Honary, 2012). The security analysis would also be essential to ensure that the security risks are detected, analysed, and mitigated.

The project will be executed in a series of five phased viz. project initiation, planning & data collection, execution, control & monitoring, and project closure.

The first phase will include the start-up project activities in which the topic of the project as Smart Sensor Networks for Smart City Plan is determined. Feasibility analysis is one of the essential project activities that will be necessary to be conducted. The feasibility will be determined on three aspects as technical, operational, and economic. The project will be finalized only when the results of the feasibility study will be positive. The next project phase will be planning and data analysis. The data will be necessary to research upon the smart sensor networks and the project. The techniques that will be used for information gathering will be interviews, domain analysis, and observations. Automatic analysis of the data sets will be carried out using the automated data analysis tools. Literature review will be required to be carried out so that the work done in the past may be analysed and the in-depth details of the same may be obtained.

Skills Required

Nelson city is based upon a certain networking architecture that shall be reviewed to understand the applicability and implementation of smart sensor networks. The analysis and architecture design will be formed in the project execution phase. Infrastructural changes, determination of topology, and the components involved will also be analysed. There may also be security analysis that will be required to be done to have an understanding of the security risks and attacks that such networks are exposed to (Yang & Honary, 2012). The measures that shall be taken to detect, prevent, and mitigate the security attacks would be listed in this step.

Control & Monitoring will be the fourth phase in which there will be reviews and inspections that will be done. There may be certain changes and improvements that may be required to be made. These changes will be implemented in this stage and the KPIs and evaluation checklist will be formed in this phase. The last phase in the project will be the closure phase. Results and discussions will be determined in this stage and a closure report will be prepared in this stage as the final project activity (Chen, Li, Yang & Liu, 2016).

The following set of questions will be answered through the project.

• What is the meaning of smart sensor networks? What are the components and factors involved?
• What are security risks and attacks that are exposed to the smart sensor networks?
• What are the control and mitigation measures that may be taken to put a check on the security risks and attacks?
• What is the architecture design that shall be followed for smart city plan?
• What are the infrastructural changes that may be required to be made? 

There are a lot many skills that would be required for the project. Project management skills will be necessary to ensure that all of the project elements are in sync and streamlined. These skills will assist in the management of project schedule, budget, quality, communication, risks, and resources. Communication skills will be needed to share the project status and information and to interact with the other resources. Embedded systems and delay-tolerant networking skills will be needed for sensor nodes and harsh environments. Database skills will be required to ensure that the information is kept safe and secure. Security analysis and data analysis skills will also be required to understand security risks and patterns, data patterns, and trends.

The project outcomes will include network architecture of smart sensor networks for smart city plan, Nelson. The architecture will provide the blueprint of the network components, relationships, connectivity of the nodes, and network topology.

The project outcomes will also include a security analysis report that will provide a detailed account of the security attacks and risks. The risk register will be included in the report that will have the name of the risks, risk description, likelihood of the risks, and impact of the risks, risk rank, and risk response. The report will be used to integrate the security tools and controls that will be needed to maintain the security of the smart sensor network architecture.

Project Outcomes

There will be status and progress reports that will be shared with the management committee to provide the details of the project activities completed and pending. The closure report will be provided as the final project outcome that will include the details of the project activities carried out, lessons acquired, performance evaluation, and areas that may be improved upon.

• Project Manager: A Project Manager will be required to manage all of the project resources and stakeholders. The project areas, such as project schedule, risks, budget, communication, procurement, and quality will be managed by the resource (Sunindijo, 2015).
• Finance Officer: There will be various costs that will be associated with the project. The resource will manage the project costs and will estimate the project budget.
• Data Analyst: The resource will carry out the data gathering techniques and will use the data analytics tools to understand the patterns and trends involved.
• Network Expert: The smart sensor network architecture will be prepared by the resource and the implementation details will also be listed out.
• Network Analyst: The gaps in the current infrastructure, decision on the network topology, and assistance to the Network Expert will be provided by the resource.
• Security Analyst: The network security analysis will be carried out by the resource and the decisions will be taken on the risk response strategy to be applied on the security risks and attacks.
• Technical Writer: The documentation associated with the project, such as closure report, network architecture report, security analysis report, etc. will be prepared by the resource.

IoT is a vast technology that includes a variety of different components in the form of devices, gadgets, technologies, sensors, and many more. The smart sensor networks that need to be implemented for the Smart City Plan of Nelson may face compatibility issues with the other components. The changes in the current infrastructure may be difficult to make as there will be additional costs that will be involved. These are some of the limitations that will be associated with the project (Csaji, Kemeny, Pedone, Kuti & Vancza, 2017).

There are ethical issues that will be associated with the project. The smart sensor networks are prone to certain security risks and attacks. These security issues may include malware attacks, man in the middle attacks, eavesdropping attacks, denial of service attacks, and many more. The occurrence of such issues may bring in the risks to information security and privacy of the sensitive and critical data sets. The misuse of the information may lead to the violation of the ethical norms and principles. These may bring up legal obligations as the confidentiality and privacy of the data sets may be violated.

The project will provide smart sensor network architecture as one of the outcomes that shall be owned by the organization implanting the network in Nelson city. Any of the changes, risks, and issues shall be managed and handled by the organization.  

References

Chen, T., Li, G., Yang, J., & Liu, H. (2016). Wireless Smart Sensor Networks, System, Trends, and the Applications in Engineering. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1526153

Csaji, B., Kemeny, Z., Pedone, G., Kuti, A., & Vancza, J. (2017). Wireless Multi-Sensor Networks for Smart Cities: A Prototype System With Statistical Data Analysis. IEEE Sensors Journal, 17(23), 7667-7676. doi: 10.1109/jsen.2017.2736785

Islam, T., Mukhopadhyay, S., & Suryadevara, N. (2017). Smart Sensors and Internet of Things: A Postgraduate Paper. IEEE Sensors Journal, 17(3), 577-584. doi: 10.1109/jsen.2016.2630124

Sunindijo, R. (2015). Project manager skills for improving project performance. International Journal Of Business Performance Management, 16(1), 67. doi: 10.1504/ijbpm.2015.066041

Wang, J., Jiang, C., Zhang, K., Quek, T., Ren, Y., & Hanzo, L. (2018). Vehicular Sensing Networks in a Smart City: Principles, Technologies and Applications. IEEE Wireless Communications, 25(1), 122-132. doi: 10.1109/mwc.2017.1600275

Yang, Y., & Honary, B. (2012). Smart Sensor Networks: Theory and Practice. International Journal Of Distributed Sensor Networks, 8(8), 602893. doi: 10.1155/2012/602893

Yang, Y., & Honary, B. (2012). Smart Sensor Networks: Theory and Practice. International Journal Of Distributed Sensor Networks, 8(8), 602893. doi: 10.1155/2012/602893 

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