Design issues for sensor network RF receivers

Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1535-1538

  Youssef, Ahmed ^a   Haslett, James ^a   Magierowski, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sensor network receivers; Ultra low power receivers; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; INTEGRATION; SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

CURRENT STATE; DESIGN CHALLENGES; DESIGN ISSUES; DESIGN SPACES; ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (ECE); INDUSTRIAL CONTROLS; LOW DATA RATE (LRD); LOW POWER RECEIVERS; PAPER ADDRESSES; PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; POWER CONSUMPTION (CE); RF COMMUNICATIONS; RF RECEIVERS; SCALE DOWN; SENSOR NETWORK DESIGN (SND); SENSOR NETWORK NODES; WILDLIFE MONITORING; WIRELESS SENSORS;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 48749111261     PISSN: 08407789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2007.382     Document Type: Conference Paper

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