Wireless passive sensor networks - [Accepted from Open Call]

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 92-99

  Akan, Ozgur B ^a   Isik, M Talha ^a   Baykal, Buyurman ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Directive antennas; Distance measurement; Power generation; Radio frequency; Transceivers; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; NETWORK LIFETIME; PASSIVE SENSOR; RADIO FREQUENCY; RELIABLE COMMUNICATION; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RF SOURCES; SENSOR NETWORK NODES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK DEPLOYMENT;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; TRANSCEIVERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 68949183472     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2009.5181898     Document Type: Article

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