On network connectivity of wireless sensor networks for sandstorm monitoring

Computer Networks

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1150-1157

  Wang, Pu ^a   Sun, Zhi ^a   Vuran, Mehmet C ^b   Al Rodhaan, Mznah A ^c   Al Dhelaan, Abdullah M ^c   Akyildiz, Ian F ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Channel models; Network connectivity; Sandstorm monitoring; WSNs

Indexed keywords

AIR CHANNELS; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CHANNEL MODEL; CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS; FREQUENT DISCONNECTION; HUMAN HEALTH; MASSIVE DAMAGE; MIDDLE EAST; NATIONAL ECONOMY; NATURAL DISASTERS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; NORTHERN CHINA; PATH LOSS; SAND CHANNEL; SANDSTORM MONITORING; SENSOR DENSITY; SHALLOW DEPTHS; WSNS;

DISASTERS; SAND; SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; SOLVENTS; STORMS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 79952453661     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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