A Preliminary two dimensional model for Intra-body communication of body sensor networks

ISSNIP 2008 - Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 273-278

  Gao, Yue Ming ^a,c   Pun, Sio Hang ^a,b   Du, Min ^a,c   Vai, Mang I ^a,b   Mak, Peng Un ^a,b  

^a Fujian Key Laboratory of Medical Instrument and Pharmaceutical Technology   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Body Sensor Networks; Conductivity; Intra body communication; Model

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; HOME HEALTH CARE; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MODELS; SMART SENSORS;

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS (BSN); COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES; ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; HUMAN BODIES; INTRA-BODY COMMUNICATIONS; LOW-FREQUENCY; TRANSMITTING SIGNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 63149198876     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSNIP.2008.4761999     Document Type: Conference Paper

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