Evaluating the more suitable ISM frequency band for IoT-based smart grids: A quantitative study of 915 MHz vs. 2400 MHz

RM Sandoval, AJ Garcia-Sanchez, F Garcia-Sanchez… - Sensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
IoT has begun to be employed pervasively in industrial environments and critical
infrastructures thanks to its positive impact on performance and efficiency. Among these …

A portable 28-GHz channel sounder platform and measurement results from close-to-ground field tests

EA Ball, SD Joseph - IEEE Open Journal of Instrumentation and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article describes a novel, bespoke, and low-cost 28-GHz RF TX and RX front end
design that has been combined with a commercial Software-Defined Radio and Raspberry …

A new method for path-loss modeling

Q Li, H Zhang, Y Lu, T Zheng, Y Lv - International Journal of …, 2019 - cambridge.org
In this paper, a new path-loss model for electromagnetic wave in an indoor multipath
environment is proposed based on matching coefficient, polarization matching factor, and …

Choosing an integrated radio-frequency module for a wildlife monitoring wireless sensor network

J Wotherspoon, R Wolhuter, T Niesler - 2017 IEEE AFRICON, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the choice of a radio transceiver module for use in a wireless sensor network
aimed at wildlife monitoring. In this application, power consumption and communication …

The Time Modulated Array for Channel Sounding Measurements–Concept and Initial Field Tests

EA Ball, SD Joseph, A Tennant - 2024 18th European …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a technique to use a Time Modulated Array as the transmitter in a 5.8 GHz
propagation channel sounder. The 5.8 GHz signal is first modulated with a pseudo random …

Novel Hardware Systems and Signal Processing Techniques for Propagation Measurement in IoT, Microwave and mmWave Channels

E Ball - 2024 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Wireless communication systems rely on the radio channel. The characteristics of each
channel define the limiting performance of the communications system, and so must be …

Design of a multi-hop ad-hoc outdoor wireless sensor network

JB Wotherspoon - 2019 - scholar.sun.ac.za
Currently the inability to monitor rhino and other endangered animal species in real time is
hindering the e ort to reduce poaching. This thesis proposes a multi-hop adhoc wireless …