Characterizing on-body wireless sensor networks

Proceedings of New Technologies, Mobility and Security Conference and Workshops, NTMS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Oliveira, Carla ^a   Pedrosa, Luís ^a   Rocha, Rui ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Body area networks; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; HYBRID SENSORS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

BODY AREA NETWORKS; BODY POSTURES; DYNAMIC NATURES; HUMAN BODIES; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; ON BODIES; POWER SETTINGS; WIRELESS LINKS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 58049156694     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NTMS.2008.ECP.30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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