A kriging approach to predicting coverage in wireless networks

International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 65-71

  Konak, Abdullah ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coverage plan; Kriging; Neural networks; Signal estimation

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; SURVEYS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ACTIVE SITE; COVERAGE PLAN; KRIGING; KRIGING APPROACH; NETWORK COVERAGE; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; SIGNAL ESTIMATION; SITE SURVEYS;

RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS;

EID: 77958458702     PISSN: 17442869     EISSN: 17442850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMNDI.2009.030838     Document Type: Article

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