A foliage scatter model to determine topology of wireless sensor network

2012 International Conference on Radar, Communication and Computing, ICRCC 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 324-328

  Paul, B S ^a   Rimer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

coverage; propagation loss; scattering; topology; wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

COVERAGE; LOW COSTS; MATURE PLANTS; NODE DENSITY; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; PROPAGATION LOSS; RELIABLE COMMUNICATION; SCATTER MODEL; SCATTERING EFFECTS; SITE-SPECIFIC; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS NODES; WIRELESS SIGNALS; WSN APPLICATIONS;

COMMUNICATION; RADAR; SCATTERING; SENSOR NODES; VEGETATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84874501050     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRCC.2012.6450605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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