Title :
A TD-CDMA data collection system for city lifeline monitoring
Author :
Fujiwara, T. ; Shimazaki, Y. ; Toyoshima, H. ; Ito, S. ; Sugiura, M. ; Atsumi, M. ; Watanabe, T. ; Mizushina, S.
Author_Institution :
Tao Hamamatsu Lifeline Res. Center, Shizuoka, Japan
Abstract :
An application of CDMA technique to a dedicated data collection system for monitoring and control of city lifelines is considered. This paper describes the system configuration of a 2.4 GHz experimental system in which CDMA is combined with polling technique to access 256 household terminals. Results of preliminary experiments are also presented
Keywords :
cellular radio; code division multiple access; computerised monitoring; data acquisition; emergency services; microcomputer applications; telecommunication computing; 2.4 GHz; TD-CDMA data collection system; UHF; cellular radio; city lifeline monitoring; city lifelines control; city lifelines monitoring; data acquisition system; dedicated data collection system; disaster situations; experimental system; household terminals; personal computer; polling technique; radio system; system configuration; two-layered polling system; Bit rate; Cities and towns; Control systems; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Information science; Microcomputers; Monitoring; Multiaccess communication; Relays;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference Proceedings, 2000. VTC 2000-Spring Tokyo. 2000 IEEE 51st
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5718-3
DOI :
10.1109/VETECS.2000.851403