Flying Ad-Hoc Network communication for detecting thermals: Feasibility and insights

2013 3rd International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology, INTECH 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 333-338

  Eckert, Juergen ^a   Eckhoft, David ^a   German, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; OFF-LINE COMPUTATION; PARAGLIDERS; PHYSICAL CHANNELS; SEARCH AND RESCUE; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; THERMAL COLUMN; VERTICAL CLIMBING;

AD HOC NETWORKS; AIR;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 84891111667     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INTECH.2013.6653654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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