Characterization of Wireless Channel Impact on Wireless Sensor Network Performance in Public Transportation Buses

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3280-3293

  Azpilicueta, Leire ^a   López Iturri, Peio ^a   Aguirre, Erik ^a   Astrain, José Javier ^a   Villadangos, Jesús ^a   Zubiri, Cristobal ^a   Falcone, Francisco ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Indoor propagation; ray launching; urban buses; wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; TOPOLOGY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANALYSIS OF SIMULATIONS; COMMUNICATION TASK; DETERMINISTIC TECHNIQUE; INHERENT COMPLEXITY; ON-BOARD MEASUREMENTS; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; SMALL-SCALE FADING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84959469484     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2015.2438097     Document Type: Article

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