Antenna and Base-Station Diversity for WSN Livestock Monitoring

Konstantinos SASLOGLOU, Ian A. GLOVER, Hock Guan GOH, Kae Hsiang KWONG, Michael P. GILROY, Christos TACHTATZIS, Craig MICHIE, Ivan ANDONOVIC

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DOI: 10.4236/wsn.2009.15047                

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.

Keywords

Antenna Diversity, Base Station Diversity, Animal Monitoring, Wireless Sensor Networks, Distribution, Rayleigh Distribution, Fading

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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