Wireless Sensor Networks Powered by Ambient Energy Harvesting (WSN-HEAP) - Survey and challenges

Proceedings of the 2009 1st International Conference on Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace and Electronic Systems Technology, Wireless VITAE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-5

  Seah, Winston K G ^a   Zhi, Ang Eu ^b   Tan, Hwee Pink ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY SOURCE; IN-SITU; NETWORKING PROTOCOLS; POWER SENSOR; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; RESEARCH EFFORTS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HARVESTING; INFORMATION THEORY; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; RESEARCH; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; SOLAR ENERGY; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WIND POWER; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 70350769449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WIRELESSVITAE.2009.5172411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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