Title :
Challenges in developing WiFi wide coverage access for River Information Services on the Danube River
Author :
Marius G. Minea;Mihai-Cosmin M. Niculescu
Author_Institution :
Faculty of Transports, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independen?ei, 060042, Romania
Abstract :
In this paper the authors present the state of the art regarding wireless communications for River Information Services (RIS), developed or in development on the Danube River, taking also into account signal propagation issues. WiFi technologies and equipment are investigated along with the technological challenges such as standards employed, coverage and antenna positioning.
Keywords :
"IEEE 802.11 Standard","Receiving antennas","Transmitting antennas","Rivers","Antenna radiation patterns","Reflection"
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunication in Modern Satellite, Cable and Broadcasting Services (TELSIKS), 2015 12th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-7515-3
DOI :
10.1109/TELSKS.2015.7357756