RF channel modeling of a WSN testbed for industrial environment

2011 IEEE Radio and Wireless Week, RWW 2011 - 2011 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, RWS 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 375-378

  Luo, Shuiping ^a   Polu, Nagesh ^a   Chen, Zhizhang ^b   Slipp, Jeff ^a  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channel modeling; Industrial environment; Multipath; Path loss; RMS delay spread; Wireless sensor network (WSN)

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MODELING; INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MULTI-PATH; PATH LOSS; RMS DELAY SPREAD;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRY; SENSORS; TEST FACILITIES; TESTBEDS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 79953069929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RWS.2011.5725435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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