Improving reliability in multi-hop body sensor networks

Proceedings - 2nd Int. Conf. Sensor Technol. Appl., SENSORCOMM 2008, Includes: MESH 2008 Conf. Mesh Networks; ENOPT 2008 Energy Optim. Wireless Sensors Networks, UNWAT 2008 Under Water Sensors Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 342-347

  Braem, Bart ^a   Latré, Benoît ^b   Blondia, Chris ^a   Moerman, Ingrid ^b   Demeester, Piet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; HYBRID SENSORS; RELIABILITY; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ACCURATE MODELS; BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; COVERAGE AREAS; CROSS LAYERS; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; ENERGY CONSUMPTIONS; HUMAN BODIES; MEDIUM ACCESSES; PARENT NODES; PATH LOSSES; QUALITY OF LIVES; RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENTS; RETRANSMISSIONS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 55849094751     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2008.47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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