An OFDMA communication protocol for wireless sensor networks used for leakage detection in underground water infrastructures

IWCMC 2011 - 7th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1894-1899

  Yaacoub, Elias ^a   Kadri, Abdullah ^a   Abu Dayya, Adnan ^a  

^a QATAR MOBILITY INNOVATIONS CENTER QMIC   (Qatar)

Author keywords

OFDMA; opportunistic transmission; probabilistic scheduling; reservation Aloha; wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

OFDMA; OPPORTUNISTIC TRANSMISSION; PROBABILISTIC SCHEDULING; RESERVATION ALOHA; WIRELESS SENSOR;

BASE STATIONS; COMMUNICATION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GROUNDWATER; MOBILE COMPUTING; PIPE; SENSORS; WATER PIPELINES; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 80052433946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWCMC.2011.5982823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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