Title :
Achievable Rate of Wireless Sensor Networks with Multi-Antenna Sinks
Author :
Salbaroli, Enrica ; Zanella, Alberto
Author_Institution :
IEIIT-BO, Bologna Univ.
Abstract :
This paper investigates wireless sensor networks where nodes, which are uniformly and randomly distributed in a given area, transmit information to a sink that is equipped with smart antennas. The framework proposed herein, which considers a propagation environment composed by a distance-dependent loss, shadowing and Rayleigh fading permits an analytical evaluation of the achievable rate.
Keywords :
Rayleigh channels; adaptive antenna arrays; radiowave propagation; wireless sensor networks; Rayleigh fading; distance-dependent loss; multi-antenna sinks; propagation environment; smart antennas; wireless sensor networks; Antennas and propagation; Electronic mail; Fluctuations; MIMO; Power system relaying; Propagation losses; Rayleigh channels; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Shadow mapping; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2007. VTC2007-Spring. IEEE 65th
Conference_Location :
Dublin
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0266-2
DOI :
10.1109/VETECS.2007.383
