Wireless sensor network system helping navigation of the visually impaired

2008 3rd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, ICTTA

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Beydoun, Kamal ^a   Felea, Violeta ^a   Guyennet, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Energy conservation; Navigation aids; Routing protocol; Wireless sensor networks; Zone partitionning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; HYBRID SENSORS; NAVIGATION; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; TECHNOLOGY;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; EXTERNAL-; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; NAVIGATION AIDS; NETWORK SYSTEMS; OBSTACLE NEGOTIATION; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; ROUTING PROTOCOL; UNKNO WN ENVIRONMENTS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED; WIRELESS SENSORS; ZONE PARTITIONNING;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 49149109062     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTTA.2008.4530167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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