An integrated communications framework for context aware continuous monitoring with body sensor networks

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-386

  Chiti, Francesco ^a   Fantacci, Romano ^a   Archetti, Francesco ^b   Messina, Enza ^b   Toscani, Daniele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c Consorzio Milano Ricerche ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Body Sensor Networks, Context Awareness, Communications Protocols, Localization

Indexed keywords

BODY SENSOR NETWORK; BODY SENSOR NETWORKS, CONTEXT AWARENESS, COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS, LOCALIZATION; CONTEXT-AWARE; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DAILY LIVES; HEALTH CARE APPLICATION; HEALTH MONITORING; MOBILITY MODEL; NODE DENSITY; PERVASIVE COMMUNICATIONS; SIMULATION RESULT;

AD HOC NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 67349180187     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2009.090503     Document Type: Article

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