Wireless sensor networks for underground railway applications: Case studies in Prague and London

Smart Structures and Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 619-639

  Bennett, Peter J ^a   Soga, Kenichi ^a   Wassell, Ian ^b   Fidler, Paul ^a   Abe, Keita ^c   Kobayashi, Yusuke ^c   Vanicek, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Tunnel; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; MONITORING; RADIO WAVES; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUBWAYS; TUNNELS;

COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS; LONDON UNDERGROUND; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RAPID DEPLOYMENTS; REAL TIME MONITORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL MONITORING; UNDERGROUND RAILWAY; WIRELESS SENSOR TECHNOLOGY;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77953860538     PISSN: 17381584     EISSN: 17381991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sss.2010.6.5_6.619     Document Type: Article

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