A wireless sensor network for feedlot animal health monitoring

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 6433-6446

  Wang, Hai ^a   Fapojuwo, Abraham O ^a   Davies, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Southern Alberta Institute of Technology   (Canada)

Author keywords

cattle health monitoring; directional antenna; feed bunk monitoring; feedlot; linear programming; mesh networking; routing; water trough monitoring; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTENNA FEEDERS; DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEALTH; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MESH GENERATION; MESH NETWORKING; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA; ENERGY EFFICIENT; FEEDLOT; HEALTH MONITORING; NON-TRIVIAL TASKS; ROUTING; VISUAL SURVEILLANCE;

MONITORING;

EID: 84982226303     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2016.2582438     Document Type: Article

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