Troubleshooting
A real-life implementation of smart inventory management can have many challenges just like any typical wireless ad hoc sensor networks. Here, we highlight a few of the challenges you might face to make your project experience almost glitch free:
When there are multiple motion sensors and multiple RFID tags all working together, messages don't transmit reliably due to a high load on the network infrastructure (routers, network switches, and so on) as well as the microcontrollers and servers, causing packet drops. To troubleshoot such issues, a programmer should have a thorough understanding of the network environment, and the messaging software should be set up with the right values for parameters like QoS.
Most IoT devices use sensors at remote locations, and run on batteries, since an AC outlet may not be available where the sensing is done. In this scenario, it makes sense to select devices and write code so as to minimize the usage of power. This can be done by studying...
