Plug 'n play simplicity for wireless medical body sensors

Mobile Networks and Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 143-153

  Falck, Thomas ^a   Baldus, Heribert ^a   Espina, Javier ^a   Klabunde, Karin ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body coupled communication; Medical sensors; Network set up; Wireless body area networks

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BODY-COUPLED COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SENSORS; NETWORK SET-UP; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORKS;

SENSORS;

EID: 34548211830     PISSN: 1383469X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11036-007-0016-2     Document Type: Article

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