Simulation tools for wireless sensor networks in medicine: A comparative Study

BIODEVICES 2008 - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 111-114

  Neves, Paulo A C S ^a   Fonseca, Joel F P ^b   Rodrigues, Joel J P C ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^c PRT   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Medical applications of WSNs; Simulation tools; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; JAVA SIMULATORS; NETWORK SIMULATOR 2; ON CURRENTS; SIMULATION TOOL; SIMULATION TOOLS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SIMULATORS; TOOLS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 70350433404     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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