A comprehensive approach to WSN-based ITS applications: A survey

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10220-10265

  Losilla, Fernando ^a   Garcia Sanchez, Antonio Javier ^a   Garcia Sanchez, Felipe ^a   Garcia Haro, Joan ^a   Haas, Zygmunt J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

ITS; Vehicular applications; WSN

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055165579     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s111110220     Document Type: Review

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