Advances in Civil Engineering
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 631939, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/631939
Research Article

IEEE 802.11-Based Wireless Sensor System for Vibration Measurement

Yutaka Uchimura,1 Tadashi Nasu,2 and Motoichi Takahashi2

1Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8548, Japan
2Kajima Corporation, 1-3-1 Motoakasaka, minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0051, Japan

Received 15 October 2009; Revised 17 December 2009; Accepted 15 January 2010

Academic Editor: Yi Qing Ni

Copyright © 2010 Yutaka Uchimura et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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