Enabling technologies for wireless body area networks: A survey and outlook

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 84-93

  Cao, Huasong ^a   Leung, Victor ^a   Chow, Cupid ^b   Chan, Henry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SCENARIO; DATA RATES; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; HUMAN BODIES; NETWORK COVERAGE; NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT; POWER CONSUMPTION; RESEARCH ISSUES; UBIQUITOUS NETWORKING; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK; WIRELESS NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY;

CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; SENSOR NETWORKS; SURVEYS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 72949118964     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2009.5350373     Document Type: Article

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