Bridging between ieee 802.15.4 and IEEE 802.11b networks for multiparameter healthcare sensing

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-449

  Misic, Jelena ^a   Misic, Vojislav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CSMACA; Healthcare wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.11b; IEEE 802.15.4

Indexed keywords

ACCESS POINTS; BODY AREA NETWORKS; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CSMACA; DATA STREAM; IEEE 802.11B; IEEE 802.15.4; MULTIPARAMETER; MUTUAL INTERACTION; NETWORK DELAYS; PACKET DELAY; PULSE OXIMETERS; TWO-TIER NETWORKS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; OXIMETERS; SENSOR NETWORKS; STANDARDS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 67349217347     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2009.090508     Document Type: Article

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