Barrenetxea, GuillermoIngelrest, FrançoisSchaefer, GunnarVetterli, Martin2008-07-192008-07-192008-07-19200810.1145/1460412.1460418https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/27046WOS:000267822600004The successful deployment of a wireless sensor network is a difficult task, littered with traps and pitfalls. Even a functional network does not guarantee gathering meaningful data. In SensorScope, with its high-mountain campaigns, we have acquired invaluable experience in planning, conducting, and managing real-life sensor network deployments. In this paper, we share our knowledge by stepping through the entire process, from the preparatory hard- and software development to the actual field deployment. Illustrated by numerous real-life examples, excerpted from our own experience, we point out many potential problems along this way and their possible solutions.Sensor networksEnvironmental monitoringDeploymentsNCCR-MICSNCCR-MICS/CL1text::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper