Title :
On the integration of smart antennas in Wireless Sensor Networks
Author :
Benedetti, M. ; Rocca, P. ; Donelli, M. ; Lizzi, L. ; Viani, F. ; Martinelli, M. ; Ioriatti, L. ; Massa, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Trento, Trento
Abstract :
This paper presents a preliminary assessment of the potentialities of the exploitation of smart antennas in WSNs. The more trivial benefits coming from such an integration are: (a) an efficient spatial management of the radiated energy and (b) an efficient and adaptive reuse of wireless links in order to increase the network throughput and to solve coexistence problems arising from the integration with other wireless technologies. However, in order to take advantage of a smart integration at the physical layer, significant improvements both in flexibility and size of the adaptive antenna on the WSN node are needed.
Keywords :
adaptive antenna arrays; radio links; wireless sensor networks; WSN; adaptive antenna; smart antennas; wireless sensor networks; Ad hoc networks; Communication standards; Communication switching; Computer science; Electronic mail; Power engineering and energy; Signal to noise ratio; Switches; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2041-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2042-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2008.4619571
