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