Empirical path loss models for wireless sensor network deployments in short and tall natural grass environments

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 4012-4021

  Olasupo, Tajudeen O ^a   Otero, Carlos E ^a   Olasupo, Kehinde O ^a   Kostanic, Ivica ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Path loss model; radio frequency (RF) propagation; short and tall natural grass; terrain; terrain factor; wireless sensor network (WSN); XBee radio

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; SENSOR NODES;

NATURAL GRASS; PATH LOSS MODELS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; TERRAIN; TERRAIN FACTORS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84987660300     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2016.2583507     Document Type: Article

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