Throughput per pass for data aggregation from a wireless sensor network via a UAV

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2610-2626

  Giorgetti, Andrea ^a   Lucchi, Matteo ^a   Chiani, Marco ^a   Win, Moe Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTERY POWERED; BIT ERROR PROBABILITY; COMMUNICATION DISTANCE; COOPERATIVE DIVERSITY SCHEME; COOPERATIVE TRANSMISSION; DATA AGGREGATION; DATA RETRIEVAL; ENERGY CONSTRAINT; ENERGY EFFICIENT; FUSION CENTER; HOMELAND SECURITY APPLICATIONS; NETWORK LIFETIME; NOISY SIGNALS; RAKE RECEIVER; SENSOR FIELDS;

BIT ERROR RATE; COMMUNICATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FADING CHANNELS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MILITARY VEHICLES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; THROUGHPUT; TRANSMISSIONS; UNMANNED VEHICLES; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 80053937288     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2011.6034654     Document Type: Article

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