The need for cooperation and relaying in short-range high path loss sensor networks

2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications, SENSORCOMM 2007, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 566-571

  Braem, Bart ^a   Latré, Benoît ^b   Moerman, Ingrid ^b   Blondia, Chris ^a   Reusens, Elisabeth ^b   Joseph, Wout ^b   Martens, Luc ^b   Demeester, Piet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CONSERVATION; DETECTORS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

(MULTIPATH) PROPAGATION MODELING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HOT-SPOTS; HUMAN BODIES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MULTI HOP NETWORKS; MULTI HOPPING; NETWORK LIFE-TIME; PATH LOSS (PL); RADIO MODELING; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SINGLE HOP NETWORKS; SINGLE-HOP; TREE TOPOLOGY;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 46449088509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.4394980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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