Abstract

The study of the next-generation distributed systems for distributed monitoring and user localization in smart environment is treated in this thesis. In the last years, a growing amount of attention has been focused on the adoption of Wireless Sersor Networks (WSN) as a scalable and flexible backbone to implement innovative services in smart environments, like smart building and smart cities. In this framework, this thesis will describe heterogeneous solutions to improve the supervision, control, monitoring, and management of public and private spaces. All these systems exploit the wireless communication and sensing in combination with smart methodologies to provide advanced services to the end user in many application fields, from environmental monitoring to energy management in smart districts or private and public buildings, up to road security and indoor occupancy for management and security reason. The data acquired by the WSN technology are used as input of customized strategies and algorithms developed for the real-time processing, fast analysis and result visualization.