Signal propagation techniques for wireless underground communication networks

Physical Communication

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-183

  Akyildiz, Ian F ^a   Sun, Zhi ^a   Vuran, Mehmet C ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel model; Magnetic induction; Soil medium; Tunnel; Underground mine; Waveguide; Wireless networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349758393     PISSN: 18744907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phycom.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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