Adaptation of wireless sensor network for farming industries

INSS2009 - 6th International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 66-69

  Kwong, Kae Hsiang ^a   Sasloglou, Konstantinos ^a   Goh, Hock Guan ^a   Wu, Tsung Ta ^a   Stephen, Bruce ^a   Gilroy, Michael ^a   Tachtatzis, Christos ^a   Glover, Ian A ^a   Michie, Craig ^a   Andonovic, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle monitoring; Real time communication; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; CHANNEL BANDWIDTH; FARMING INDUSTRY; HARDWARE COST; HARDWARE REALIZATION; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; OPERATIONAL COSTS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION; REAL-TIME DATA;

AGRICULTURE; COST REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77950150090     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INSS.2009.5409951     Document Type: Conference Paper

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