An improved MAC protocol with a reconfiguration scheme for wireless e-health systems requiring quality of service

Proceedings of the 2009 1st International Conference on Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace and Electronic Systems Technology, Wireless VITAE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 582-586

  Gama, Óscar ^a   Carvalho, Paulo ^a   Afonso, J A ^a   Mendes, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

e Emergency; e Health; Medium access control; Quality of service; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

BIT-ERRORS; BOUNDED LATENCY; CLINICAL STATE; E-EMERGENCY; E-HEALTH; E-HEALTH SYSTEMS; EFFICIENT BANDWIDTH; ENERGY SAVING; INTENSIVE CARE; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; LOW POWER; MAC LAYER; MAC PROTOCOL; PACKET LOSS RATIO; REAL TIME; RECONFIGURATION SCHEMES; WIRELESS CHANNEL;

AD HOC NETWORKS; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEALTH; INFORMATION THEORY; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; PACKET LOSS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 70350749748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WIRELESSVITAE.2009.5172511     Document Type: Conference Paper

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