Wireless communication and computing at the construction jobsite

Automation in Construction

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 327-347

  De La Garza, Jesus M ^a   Howitt, Ivan ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPS, advanced mobile phone system; AMSC, American Mobile Satellite Corporation; Bps, bits per second; CDPD, cellular digital packet data; Construction; FCC, Federal Communication Commission; GEOS, geostationary earth; Walkie talkie; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; RADIO COMMUNICATION;

CONSTRUCTION JOBSITE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0032073196     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-5805(98)00050-8     Document Type: Article

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