Design and Implementation of Context Aware Applications with Wireless Sensor Network Support in Urban Train Transportation Environments

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 169-178

  Aguirre, Erik ^a   Lopez Iturri, Peio ^a   Azpilicueta, Leyre ^b   Redondo, Aitor ^a   Astrain, Jose Javier ^a   Villadangos, Jesus ^a   Bahillo, Alfonso ^c   Perallos, Asier ^c   Falcone, Francisco ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

3D ray launching; Context aware environments; Urban train transportation; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

3D RAY LAUNCHINGS; CONTEXT AWARE APPLICATIONS; CONTEXT-AWARE ENVIRONMENTS; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEM-LEVEL ARCHITECTURES; URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 85006745516     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2016.2624739     Document Type: Article

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