Leveraging public wireless communication infrastructures for UAV-based sensor networks

2010 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 179-184

  Daniel, Kai ^a   Rohde, Sebastian ^a   Wietfeld, Christian ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne communication; Cognitive sensor network; Communication aware mobility; UAV; Unmanned aerial systems

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE COMMUNICATIONS; COGNITIVE SENSOR NETWORK; CONCEPTS OF OPERATIONS; FIRE BRIGADE; GASEOUS CONTAMINANTS; HOME LAND SECURITY; INDUSTRIAL INCIDENTS; MOBILE SENSORS; SMALL SIZE; SYSTEM LEVELS; TERRORIST ATTACKS; UAV; UNCONTROLLED EMISSIONS; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS; USER REQUIREMENTS; VALUE ADD; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WORK-FLOWS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VOLCANOES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 78651505168     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/THS.2010.5655064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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