Embedded design considerations for a wearable cattle health monitoring system

Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications, ESA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 55-61

  Warren, Steve ^a   Andresen, Daniel ^a   Wilson, Daniel ^a   Hoskins, Seth ^a  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Embedded; Veterinary telemedicine; Wearable; Wireless

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTHS; CONTINUOUS DATUM; CURRENT TECHNIQUES; DESIGN ISSUES; EMBEDDED; EMBEDDED DESIGNS; EMBEDDED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARES; FUNCTIONAL LAYOUTS; HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEMS; REGIONAL AUTHORITIES; SENSOR-BASED SYSTEMS; STATE OF HEALTHS; SUBJECTIVE INFORMATIONS; TELEMONITORING SYSTEMS; VETERINARY TELEMEDICINE; WEARABLE; WEARABLE SYSTEMS; WIRELESS;

AGRICULTURE; EMBEDDED SOFTWARE; HEALTH; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SENSORS; TELEMEDICINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EID: 62649166403     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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