Real-time remote monitoring system based on personal communication service (PCS)

Instead of an RF module which has been used conventionally in many remote measurement applications, a new type of remote measurement system for oceanic environments based on a PCS and a one chip microcontroller is proposed. PCS has many advantages with respect to cost, reliability, communication quality, and so on. The proposed system consists of four different modules: PCS module, microcontroller module, GPS module, and sensor module. System configuration as well as an illustrative experiment are described in detail.