Low-power chirp spread spectrum signals for wireless communication within nuclear power plants

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-169

  Kadri, Abdullah ^a   Rao, Raveendra K ^a   Jiang, Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chirp spread spectrum signals; Nuclear power plant; Wireless communi cation

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CHIRP SPREAD SPECTRUM; CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENTS; LIMIT TRANSMISSION POWER; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION;

EID: 67249095789     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT09-3     Document Type: Article

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