Patent ID: 7564408

Claim:
A sensor network ( 1 ) having a plurality of fixed-position sensors ( 3 , 3 ′, 3 ″), which is deployable in a terrain ( 6 ), for monitoring-relevant parameters, having at least one programming module, said mobile programming module being a component of a self-navigating drone ( 23 ), said fixed-position sensors ( 3 , 3 ′, 3 ″) each being equipped with a communication means for communication with one another and with the at least one programming module, said at least one programming module having a position-finding means and a programming means ( 25 ), facilitating the position of the sensors ( 3 , 3 ′, 3 ″) to be determined by the position-finding means, and in each case being applicable to the sensors ( 3 , 3 ′, 3 ″) by the programming means ( 25 ) via the communication means, and said sensors ( 3 , 3 ′, 3 ″) being configured to form a network.