ZigBee sensor network for patient localization and air temperature monitoring during emergency response to crisis

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 233-238

  Chandra Sekaran, Ashok Kumar ^a   Nwokafor, Anthony ^b   Johansson, Per ^b   Mueller Glaser, Klaus D ^a   Krueger, Ingolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURES; CHEMICAL EXPLOSIONS; COMPUTATION EFFICIENCIES; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; EMERGENCY RESPONSES; ENERGY-EFFICIENT; MASS CASUALTIES; MESH NETWORKS; NEW ALGORITHMS; NEW SYSTEMS; PATIENT LOCALIZATIONS; PATIENT TRACKING; SET-UPS; SITUATION AWARENESSES; TEMPERATURE ZONES; WAIT TIMES; ZIG BEES;

ACCIDENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HYBRID SENSORS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 55849112278     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2008.67     Document Type: Conference Paper

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