1 A deployment procedure for wireless sensor networks

Since the wireless signal is invisible and unpredictable, the deployment issue for a wireless sensor network (WSN) becomes a critical task. In this paper, a procedure of deployment for a wireless sensor network in an indoor environment is proposed. The objective of the procedure is to provide a solution guide for people who don’t have sufficient wireless communication knowledge and experience in how to correctly place the wireless sensor nodes or devices in the interesting indoor environment, especially in a large-scale deployment case, and then the desired communication performance of the wireless sensor network can be achieved. The addressed deployment procedure is divided into four sub-procedures and is discussed in detail in the following. A deployment plan for an office and the real deployment testing results are then proposed to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed deployment procedure