Base stations placement optimization in wireless networks for emergency communications

2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 200-205

  Kosmerl, Joze ^a   Vilhar, Andrej ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

base station placement; coverage planning; emergency communications; low altitude platforms

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

BASE STATION PLACEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS; EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION; LARGE SCALE DISASTERS; LOW ALTITUDES; NETWORK DEPLOYMENT; OPTIMAL PLACEMENTS; PLACEMENT OPTIMIZATION;

BASE STATIONS;

EID: 84906748459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCW.2014.6881196     Document Type: Conference Paper

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