EcoLocate: A heterogeneous wireless network system for wildlife tracking

Novel Algorithms and Techniques in Telecommunications, Automation and Industrial Electronics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 293-298

  Markham, Andrew C ^a   Wilkinson, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Beacon; GPS; Proximity detection; VHF; Wildlife tracking; Wireless Network

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SPECIES; BEACON; HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORK; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; PROTOTYPE IMPLEMENTATIONS; PROXIMITY DETECTION; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS; VHF;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 84878592026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8737-0_53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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