TITLE:
Antenna and Base-Station Diversity for WSN Livestock Monitoring
AUTHORS:
Konstantinos SASLOGLOU, Ian A. GLOVER, Hock Guan GOH, Kae Hsiang KWONG, Michael P. GILROY, Christos TACHTATZIS, Craig MICHIE, Ivan ANDONOVIC
KEYWORDS:
Antenna Diversity, Base Station Diversity, Animal Monitoring, Wireless Sensor Networks, Distribution, Rayleigh Distribution, Fading
JOURNAL NAME:
Wireless Sensor Network,
Vol.1 No.5,
December
15,
2009
ABSTRACT: Antenna and base-station diversity have been applied to a wireless sensor network for the monitoring of live-stock. A field trial has been described and the advantage to be gained in a practical environment has been assessed.