Implementation of a remote monitoring system for condition-based maintenance using wireless sensor network: Case study

Increasing number of interconnected embedded "SMART" devices pervade our environments. Their use in various scenarios including smart-city, building-automation, industrial control, energy grids etc. have dramatically improved the overall performance. Use of IoT (sensors, actuators etc) and wireless sensor networks WSN) can help to sense and act based on real-time monitoring of industrial equipment. Our proposed architecture explores the advantages of embedding smart sensors on industrial equipment and collect data for monitoring and better maintenance. This real-time monitoring will enable predictive analysis for the health status of industrial equipment. To the best of our knowledge, this article is the first investigation of employing intelligent network sensors in case of remote maintenance applications that couple information technology solutions with condition-based maintenance. Tests are carried to prove the validity of our proposed system by using Contiki based Cooja emulator. Although the technique developed in this work is tuned toward this application, it could be used in other applications as well which deals with condition-based maintenance.