Title :
Implementing ZigBee network in forest regions — Considerations, modeling and evaluations
Author :
Harvanova, Valeria ; Krajcovic, Tibor
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Inf. & Inf. Technol., Slovak Univ. of Technol., Bratislava, Slovakia
Abstract :
The objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of radio wave propagation through the forest, with a focus on the evaluation of propagation loss. We present considerations that, according to our belief, should be taken into account when designing a wireless sensor network system to be deployed in a forest environment. Apart from theoretical analysis we present evaluation of example data measured using two ZigBee communication devices operating on frequency 868MHz.
Keywords :
Zigbee; forestry; radiowave propagation; wireless sensor networks; ZigBee network; forest regions; frequency 868 MHz; propagation loss evaluation; radio wave propagation; wireless sensor network; Attenuation; Energy consumption; Monitoring; Propagation losses; Vegetation; Vegetation mapping; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electronics (AE), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pilsen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0315-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1803-7232
