Efficient Mobile Communication Solutions for Remote Data Acquisition, Supervisory and Control Systems

Wireless technologies (mobile communications or other radiofrequency transmission methods) represent reliable and efficient solutions for remote data acquisition, supervisory and control systems. The correct selection of the proper transmission method from the wide variety of radio transmission methods and standards represents an important issue. For this reason in the firs part of this paper are presented briefly, the newest and most efficient wireless technologies suitable for remote data acquisition, supervisory and control systems. After that, the paper is focus on the GPRS method as solution for implementing such distributed systems. Are presented in detail the GM862 GSM/GPRS modules and the development boards used for tests. In the last part of the paper are listed few basic AT command that shows the operation of presented modules. Key-Words: mobile communications, wireless sensor network, Bluetooth, General Packet Radio Service, transmission distance, power consumption.