Path-Loss Modeling for Wireless Sensor Networks: A review of models and comparative evaluations.

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 18-37

  Kurt, Sinan ^a   Tavli, Bulent ^b  

^a ASELSAN INC   (Turkey)

^b TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FREQUENCY BANDS;

BACKGROUND INFORMATION; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE METRICS; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROPAGATION MODELING; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; WIRELESS PROPAGATION MODELS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 85009932544     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2016.2630035     Document Type: Review

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