A channel model for wireless underground sensor networks using lateral waves

GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dong, Xin ^a   Vuran, Mehmet C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MODEL; CLOSED FORM; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS; EM ANALYSIS; LATERAL WAVES; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; SOIL MEDIUM;

COMMUNICATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; SENSOR NODES; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

EID: 84857213039     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2011.6134437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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