Title :
Performance Evaluation of Wireless Transmissions in an Amazonian Climate
Author :
Johnson, Thienne M. ; Margalho, Mauro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Amazonia Univ.
Abstract :
This paper presents the INFOCLIMA project, which aims to study wireless transmissions in the Brazilian Amazon. The simulation results are useful for our initial research, showing that data transmissions over a long range wireless link in Amazonian climate adversely affects the network performance. Therefore, environmental monitoring projects should pay special attention to the probability of data loss; since, for this application, delay and throughput do not much affect the monitoring application.
Keywords :
environmental factors; geophysical techniques; performance evaluation; radio links; radiofrequency interference; radiowave propagation; Amazonian climate factor; Brazilian Amazon; INFOCLIMA project; data loss probability; data transmissions; environmental monitoring projects; long range wireless link; network performance; wireless transmissions; Acoustic sensors; Biosensors; Costs; Electromechanical sensors; Monitoring; Sea measurements; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Temperature sensors; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2007.WCNC 2007. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Kowloon
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0658-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1525-3511
DOI :
10.1109/WCNC.2007.511
