Channel model and analysis for wireless underground sensor networks in soil medium

Physical Communication

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 245-254

  Vuran, Mehmet C ^a   Akyildiz, Ian F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Channel modeling; Soil composition; Underground communication; Volumetric water content; Wireless underground sensor networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649713838     PISSN: 18744907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phycom.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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