Journal of Software Engineering1819-43112152-0941Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/jse.2011.145.153AlsaadeFawaz 4201154A combined approach to enhance the security of oil and water supply pipeline
infrastructures is proposed and investigated. The most important factor affecting
the performance of the traditional system is the mannual patrolling which is
difficult and only provides observation where the patrolling team is present.
This study highlighted that by deploying a combination of wireless sensor network
in conjunction with the conventional trends and microwave network, the time
of reporting any leakage to the control room can be reduced considerably. This
in turn provides ability to protect the oil pipelines from further loss or damage
and discontinuation of operation. The simulation tests were carried under three
different scenarios i.e., minor level leakage, major level leakage and any criminal
activity to break a pipeline. Based on the simulation results, it is demonstrated
that the reliability of monitoring oil pipelines provided by the new proposed
system can be increased. The paper presents the motivation for and the potential
advantages of the proposed WSN system for enhancing the security of oil and
water supply pipelines.]]>Abo El-Fotoh, H.M.F, E.S. El-Mallah and H. Hassanein,20062006pp: 34553460Akan, O.B. and I.F. Akyildiz,20051310031016Awawdeh, A., S.T.S. Bukkapatnam, S.R.T. Kumara, C. Bunting and R. Komanduri,20062006pp: 114117Carrillo, A., E. Gonzalez, A. Rosas and A. Marquez,200299229235Changsoo, O.K., H. Thadakarmalla, U. Raghavan, S. Kumara, S.G. Kim, X. Zhang and S. Bukkapatnam,20072007pp: 591596Chiang, M.W., Z. Zilic, K. Radecka and J.S. Chenard,20042004pp: 12321241Chong, C.Y. and S.P. Kumar,20039112471256Cinque, M., D. Cotroneo, G. De Caro and M. Pelella,20062006pp: 813Cai, W., J. Xinyu, Y. Zhang, C. Kangsherg and J. Tang,20062006pp: 14De, S., S.K. Das, H. Wu and C. Qiao,20022002pp: 257261Ellul, I.,19894613944Gerasimov, I. and R. Simon,20022002pp: 8794Hadim, S., J. Al-Jaroodi and N. Mohamed,200611121Hadim, S. and N. Mohamed,2006711Gutierrez, J.A., E.H. Callaway and R.L. Barrett,2003Pages: 155Pages: 155Jawhar, I.J. and J. Wu,200520797910Liao, W.H., Y.C. Tseng and K. P. Shih,2002531863190Nelakuditi, S., Z.L. Zhang, R.P. Tsang and D. H.C. Du,200210790804Suheil, S., H. Nasr and R. Garelli,20071056668Stoianov, I., L. Nachman, S. Madden, T. Tokmouline and C.M. Pipenet,20072007pp: 246273Shrestha, A., L. Xing and H. Liu,20072007pp: 186191Umeadi, B.B.N. and K.G Jones,20052005Xing, L. and H.E. Michel,20062006pp: 594600