Impact of high power interference sources in planning and deployment of Wireless Sensor Networks and devices in the 2.4 GHz frequency band in heterogeneous environments

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 15689-15708

  Iturri, Peio López ^a   Nazábal, Juan Antonio ^a   Azpilicueta, Leire ^a   Rodriguez, Pablo ^a   Beruete, Miguel ^a   Fernández Valdivielso, Carlos ^a   Falcone, Francisco ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

2.4 GHz ISM band; 802.15.4; Electromagnetic field simulation; Electromagnetic interference; Microwave oven; Ray launching; Smart home; Wireless sensor networks; ZigBee

Indexed keywords

2.4 GHZ ISM BANDS; 802.15.4; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD SIMULATION; RAY LAUNCHING; SMART HOMES;

AUTOMATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FREQUENCY BANDS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MICROWAVE OVENS; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; OPTIMIZATION; RADIO LINKS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ZIGBEE;

EID: 84870525051     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s121115689     Document Type: Article

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