Generic empiric propagation model for low power wireless networks operating at the 868 MHz band in smart cities

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 8, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1143-1153

  Anglès Vázquez, Albert ^a,b   Vilajosana Guillèn, Xavier ^b,c,e   López Vicario, José ^d   Morell Pérez, Antoni ^d   Tuset Peiró, Pere ^e   Vilajosana Guillèn, Ignasi ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^b WorldSensing SL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SMART CITY; TRANSMITTERS; URBAN GROWTH; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CELLULAR TECHNOLOGIES; LOW POWER WIRELESS; LOW POWER WIRELESS NETWORKS; PROPAGATION ASPECTS; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROPAGATION MODELING; PROPAGATION MODELS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

LOW POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84909586981     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2013.0566     Document Type: Article

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