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International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 743673, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/743673
Research Article

Design of a Wireless Multi-Radio-Frequency Channels Inspection System for Bridges

Yan Yu,1 Jie Wang,2 Xingquan Mao,1 Hongbo Liu,3 and Lei Zhou4

1School of Electronic Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
2Faculty of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
3School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
4Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd., Tianjin 300451, China

Received 21 June 2012; Revised 10 September 2012; Accepted 24 October 2012

Academic Editor: Gangbing Song

Copyright © 2012 Yan Yu 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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