Improving aerially deployed sensor networks using cooperative communications

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 376-380

  Dorling, Kevin ^a   Messier, Geoffrey G ^a   Magierowski, Sebastian ^a   Valentin, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA MODEL; ARBITRARY ORIENTATION; COOPERATIVE RELAYING; DISASTER AREAS; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

ENERGY UTILIZATION; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84871999715     PISSN: 15503607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2012.6363714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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