Far East Journal of Electronics and Communications Volume …, Number …, 2010, Pages … This paper is available online at http://pphmj.com/journals/fjec.htm © 2010 Pushpa Publishing House : phrases and Keywords wind turbine, remote monitoring structures, 3G cell phone networks, communications system, data acquisition, mechanics of analysis. Received October 14, 2010 MONITORING SMALL WIND TURBINE USING 3G CELL PHONE TECHNOLOGIES VILSON GRUBER 1 , LÍRIO SCHAEFFER 2 , JUAREZ BENTO DA SILVA 3 , JOVANI CASTELAN 4 , ANDERSON DIOGO SPACEK 5 and TERESA RESTIVO 6 1 SATC Faculty and UFRGS, Brazil e-mail: vilson.gruber@satc.edu.br 2 UFRGS, Federal University of Porto Alegre, Brazil e-mail: schaefer@ufrgs.br 3 UFSC, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Araranguá, Brazil e-mail: juarezbs.silva@gmail.com 4,5 SATC Faculty and UFRGS, Brazil e-mail: jovani.castelan@satc.edu.br e-mail: anderson.spacek@satc.edu.br 6 FEUP, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal e-mail: trestivo@fe.up.pt Abstract Wind energy generating systems are growing in the world market, according to the Global Wind Energy Council which represents the associations working in this market [1]. Increasingly, these systems require real-time monitoring and follow-up. The equipment is generally installed in remote places and far from technological resources such as phone cables and fiber optics. This makes remote management systems expensive. Advances of wireless technology are growing on an industrial