Exploiting the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to provide resilience in wireless sensor networks

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 81-87

  Ueyama, Jó ^a   Freitas, Heitor ^a   Faiҫal, Bruno S ^a   Filho, Geraldo P R ^a   Fini, Pedro ^a   Pessin, Gustavo ^b   Gomes, Pedro H ^c   Villas, Leandro A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT DETECTION; ANTENNAS; DISASTERS; FLOODS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

DATA MULES; FAULTY NODE; FLOOD DETECTIONS; MULTI HOP COMMUNICATION; NATURAL DISASTERS; RECONFIGURATION MECHANISMS; SINK NODES;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 84919706254     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: 15581896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2014.6979956     Document Type: Article

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