Experimental characterization of wireless sensor networks for industrial applications

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1537-1546

  Bertocco, Matteo ^a   Gamba, Giovanni ^b   Sona, Aalessandro ^b   Vitturi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alarm latency measurement; Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA CA); IEEE 802.15.4; Industrial monitoring; Wireless sensor network (WSN)

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; HYBRID SENSORS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CYCLE TIME (CT); EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; IEEE 802.15.4; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; ROUND-TRIP TIME (RTT); TEST BEDS; TEST-BEDS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS (WSNS); WIRELESS SENSOR NODES; WIRELESS SENSORS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 48749087259     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2008.925344     Document Type: Article

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