Performance evaluation of WirelessHART networks using a new network simulator 3 module

Computers and Electrical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue C, 2015, Pages 325-341

  Nobre, Marcelo ^a   Silva, Ivanovitch ^a   Guedes, Luiz Affonso ^a   Smys, S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NETWORK LAYERS; SCHEDULING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FAULT PROBABILITIES; INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; NETWORK SIMULATORS; NEW APPLICATIONS; SAVING RESOURCES; SCHEDULING AND ROUTING; SIGNAL ATTENUATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84927799972     PISSN: 00457906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compeleceng.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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