Quality of service support in wireless sensor networks for emergency healthcare services

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1296-1299

  Gama, Óscar ^a   Carvalho, Paulo ^a   Afonso, J A ^a   Mendes, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; EMERGENCY SERVICES; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE; EMERGENCY HEALTHCARES; EMERGENCY SYSTEM; QOS REQUIREMENTS; QOS SUPPORT; QUALITY DEMANDS; SERVICE DELIVERY; WIRELESS BODY SENSOR NETWORKS;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELEMEDICINE;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 61849095501     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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