Airborne WiFi networks through directional antennae: An experimental study

2015 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1314-1319

  Gu, Yixin ^a   Zhou, Mi ^a   Fu, Shengli ^a   Wan, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACINGS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; WI-FI; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

AIRBORNE NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION DEVICE; COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA; DISASTER SCENARIO; INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS; REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION;

DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84938702103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2015.7127659     Document Type: Conference Paper

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