DocumentCode
839602
Title
Energy efficient wireless sensor networks with transmission diversity
Author
Li, Xiaohua
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Binghamton, NY, USA
Volume
39
Issue
24
fYear
2003
Firstpage
1753
Lastpage
1755
Abstract
A new transmission scheme which uses two transmitting sensors and space-time block codes to provide transmission diversity in distributed wireless sensor networks with neither antenna-arrays nor transmission synchronisation is proposed. Full diversity and full rate are achieved which enhances power/bandwidth efficiency and reliability. Simulations demonstrate its superior performance in saving transmission energy.
Keywords
block codes; diversity reception; space-time codes; wireless sensor networks; Alamouti space-time block code; distributed wireless sensor networks; energy efficient wireless sensor networks; multi-hop wireless network; multi-transmission scheme; power/bandwidth efficiency; reliability; transmission diversity; transmission energy saving;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20031103
Filename
1251560
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