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ExScal: Elements of an Extreme Scale Wireless Sensor Network
Project ExScal (for Extreme Scale) fielded a 1000+ node wireless sensor network and a 200+ node peer-to-peer ad hoc network of 802.11 devices in a 1.3km by 300m remote area in Florida, USA during December 2004.
Anish Arora, et al
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ExScal: Elements of an Extreme Scale Wireless Sensor Network