Wireless hazard communication system

Journal of Systems and Information Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 408-424

  Bhattacharya, Devanjan ^a   Ghosh, Jayanta Kumar ^a   Boccardo, Piero ^b   Samadhiya, N K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellular communication; Communication technologies; Hazard warning; Information dissemination; Internet protocol; Mobile communication systems; Mobile technology; Short message service; Warning systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993093613     PISSN: 13287265     EISSN: 17588847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13287261111183997     Document Type: Article

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