Alternative energy sources for sensor nodes: Rationalized design for long-term deployment

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1370-1375

  Weddell, Alex S ^a   Harris, Nick R ^a   White, Neil M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Energy management; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HARVESTING; HYBRID SENSORS; INSTRUMENTS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICES; MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 51349086891     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2008.4547256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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