Performance results and analysis of ZigBee networks in the presence of multifractal noise

Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 924-927

  Woo, L ^a   Kinsner, W ^a   Ferens, K ^a   Diamond, J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Mesh networking; Multifractal noise modelling; Performance in the presence of noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ERROR ANALYSIS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC NOISES; EXPERIMENTAL SET UPS; HARDWARE SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL SENSING; MESH NETWORKING; MESH NETWORKS; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTIFRACTAL NOISE MODELLING; PACKET ERROR RATE; PAPER ADDRESSES; PERFORMANCE IN THE PRESENCE OF NOISE; PERFORMANCE RESULTS; WIRE HARNESSES; ZIGBEE (IEEE 802.15.4); ZIGBEE NETWORKS;

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 48849102912     PISSN: 08407789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2007.236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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