Low antenna ultra wideband propagation measurements and modeling in a forest environment

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1229-1234

  Anderson, C R ^a   Volos, H I ^b   Headley, W C ^b   Muller F C B F ^c   Buehrer, R M ^b  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Forest; Propagation; Sensor; Ultra wideband (UWB); Wireless

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FORESTRY; RADIO; SENSORS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

FOREST; FOREST ENVIRONMENTS; PATH LOSS MEASUREMENTS; PICOSECOND DURATION; PRECISION POSITION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ULTRA-WIDEBAND COMMUNICATIONS; WIDEBAND PROPAGATION;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

COMMUNICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FORESTRY; NETWORKS; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 51649088901     PISSN: 15253511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/wcnc.2008.221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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