Radio path-loss modeling for a 2.4 GHz in-field wireless sensor network

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 615-624

  Li, Z ^a   Wang, N ^a   Hong, T ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Packet delivery rate; Path loss; Precision agriculture; Radio propagation; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

CANOPY HEIGHTS; COMMUNICATION DISTANCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IMPACT FACTOR; IN-FIELD; LINE-OF-SIGHT; OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY; PACKET DELIVERY; PATH LOSS; PLANT CANOPIES; PLANT HEIGHT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; RADIO PROPAGATION; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH; SOIL PROPERTY; STANDARD ERRORS; TEST PLATFORMS; TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER; WHEAT FIELDS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

AGRICULTURE; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE SPECTROGRAPHS; RADIO WAVES; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOIL TESTING; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TRANSMITTERS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

RADIO BROADCASTING;

CORRELATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA TRANSMISSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; RADIO; REAL TIME; SIGNAL; SOIL PROPERTY; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77951854108     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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