Impacts of 2.4-GHz ISM band interference on IEEE 802.15.4 wireless sensor network reliability in buildings

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2533-2544

  Guo, Wenqi ^a,b   Healy, William M ^b   Zhou, Mengchu ^a,c  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Computer Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Bluetooth; building automation; control systems; interference; microwave oven; reliability; sensor networks; wireless communication

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION FIELDS; BUILDING AUTOMATION; COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IEEE 802.15.4; IEEE 802.15.4 NETWORKS; IN-BUILDINGS; INDUSTRIAL SENSOR; INTERFERENCE SOURCES; ISM BANDS; MUTUAL INTERFERENCE; NETWORK SIZE; WIRELESS APPLICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS SOLUTIONS;

BLUETOOTH; CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MICROWAVE OVENS; RELIABILITY; SENSOR NETWORKS; WAVE INTERFERENCE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

STANDARDS;

EID: 84865237170     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2012.2188349     Document Type: Article

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