Development of a simulator for stochastic deployment of wireless sensor networks

Journal of Networks

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 754-762

  Otero, Carlos E ^a   Kostanic, Ivica ^a   Otero, Luis D ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Coverage; RF Propagation; Simulation; Stochastic Deployment; Wireless Sensor Networks

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; COVERAGE; RF PROPAGATION; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC DEPLOYMENT;

ROUTING PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SIMULATORS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77951090705     PISSN: 17962056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jnw.4.8.754-762     Document Type: Article

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