Efficient data gathering in distributed hybrid sensor networks using multiple mobile agents

3rd IEEE/Create-Net International Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware, COMSWARE

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 556-563

  Shah, Piyush ^a   Sivalingam, Krishna M ^a,b   Agrawal, Prathima ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; HYBRID SENSORS; MIDDLEWARE; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

BETWEEN CLUSTERS; CLUSTER BASED APPROACH; CONNECTIVITY CONSTRAINTS; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS; MULTIPLE MOBILE AGENTS; RF COMMUNICATION; SIMULATION-BASED ANALYSIS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND COMMUNICATIONS;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 51849088953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COMSWA.2008.4554475     Document Type: Conference Paper

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