Communication with aboveground devices in wireless underground sensor networks: An empirical study

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Silva, Agnelo R ^a   Vuran, Mehmet C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Underground communication; Underground electromagnetic propagation; Wireless Underground Sensor Networks

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; ANTENNA DESIGN; BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION; BORDER PATROL; BURIAL DEPTHS; COMMUNICATION PERFORMANCE; COMMUNICATION RANGE; DATA RETRIEVAL; EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT MONITORING; MULTI-HOP NETWORKING; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; SENSOR MOTES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; ULTRA WIDE-BAND ANTENNAS; UNDERGROUND ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION; WIRELESS UNDERGROUND SENSOR NETWORKS;

ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; SOIL MOISTURE; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77955411494     PISSN: 05361486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2010.5502315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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