Not all wireless sensor networks are created equal: A comparative study on tunnels

ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Mottola, Luca ^a   Picco, Gian Pietro ^a   Ceriotti, Matteox ^b   Gunǎ, Ştefanx ^a   Murphy, Amy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SCENARIO; COMMONLY USED; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FIELD EXPERIENCE; LINK QUALITY; LOW POWER; MAINTENANCE COST; ROAD TUNNEL; ROUTING LAYERS; UNDERGROUND MINE; VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

ACCESS CONTROL; MAINTENANCE; ROADS AND STREETS; SENSOR NETWORKS; UNDERGROUND MINE TRANSPORTATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77956573215     PISSN: 15504859     EISSN: 15504867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1824766.1824771     Document Type: Article

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