A survey on energy conserving mechanisms for the internet of things: Wireless networking aspects

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 24818-24847

  Abbas, Zeeshan ^a   Yoon, Wonyong ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Energy conservation; Internet of things; Wireless access

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP); BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGIES (BLE); ENERGY CONSERVING SOLUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS ACCESS;

INTERNET OF THINGS;

EID: 84942797942     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s151024818     Document Type: Review

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