The opportunities and challenges associated with wireless interconnects in aircraft

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-470

  Panitz, M ^a   Hope, D C ^b   Sato, T ^c   Harley, C D ^d   Christopoulos, C ^a   Sewell, P ^a   Dawson, J F ^b   Marvin, A C ^b   Fearon, E ^c   Watkins, K G ^c   Dearden, G ^c   Crowther, W J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavity resonances; Direct write; Fly by wireless; Reverberation chamber; Sensor network; Vehicular networks; Wireless communications; Wireless propagation; ZigBee

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONANCES; DIRECT WRITE; FLY BY WIRELESS; REVERBERATION CHAMBERS; VEHICULAR NETWORKS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS PROPAGATION; ZIG-BEE;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRFRAMES; ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; ANTENNA RADIATION; ANTENNAS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; RESONANCE; RETROFITTING; REVERBERATION; SENSOR NETWORKS; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77950615770     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544100JAERO566     Document Type: Article

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