WiFi repeater deployment for improved communication in confined-space urban disaster search

2007 IEEE International Conference on System of Systems Engineering, SOSE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ferworn, Alexander ^a   Tran, Nhan ^a   Tran, James ^a   Zarnett, Gerry ^a   Sharifi, Farrokh ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confined space; Repeater; Rescue robots; USAR; WiFi

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; IRON; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

CONFINED SPACES; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; RESCUE ROBOTS; STEEL REINFORCED; SYSTEM-OF-SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; URBAN DISASTERS; URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE (USAR); WIRELESS DEVICES;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 47249103928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SYSOSE.2007.4304257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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