Estimation of physical layer performance inWSNs exploiting the method of indirect observations

Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 272-298

  Colistra, Giuseppe ^a   Atzori, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Channel link performance; Passive monitoring; Weighted least squares; Wireless Sensor Networks; ZigBee

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900411211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22242708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jsan1030272     Document Type: Article

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