A Conceptual Model for Remote Data Acquisition Using SMSLib Software. Case study: Kivu Lake Water Level

Abstract

This paper presents a design of a remote lake-water-level measurement data acquisition system via UMTS network. The system accomplishes the function of data processing and transmitting by the use of SMSlib software and a java application developed. A tree layer system is designed to achieve this work: a mobile station layer, UMTS network layer and a sensing part layer. The system is more flexible than using server based network. From a mobile phone, via a UMTS network layer an SMs is sent to a computer (PC) on which a pressure sensor is immersed in water and connected on other terminal. Then the computer replies to the request using an SMs after processing information about the level of water received from the sensor. As a low cost, good and high performance and easy maintainable data acquisition system based on SMSlib software , this type of data acquisition system can be applied not only in the fields of hydrological processes, but also in fields like civil engineering and in some more industrial requirements solutions.