RF/FSO wireless sensor networks: A performance study

GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 465-469

  Sivathasan, Sashigaran ^a   O'Brien, Dominic C ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free space optics; Network architectures; Sensor networks; Wireless communications

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; FREE SPACE OPTICS; NETWORK PARAMETERS; PARAMETER SELECTION; PERFORMANCE STUDY; RADIO FREQUENCIES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 67249095040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2008.ECP.96     Document Type: Conference Paper

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