Using relay network to increase life time in wireless body area sensor networks

2009 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks and Workshops, WOWMOM 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ehyaie, Aida ^a   Hashemi, Massoud ^a   Khadivi, Pejman ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA SENSORS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY USAGE; HEALTHCARE SERVICES; LIFE-TIMES; LONG LIFE; NON-INVASIVE MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RELAY NETWORK; TRANSMITTING DATA; WIRELESS BODY AREA SENSOR NETWORK;

HEALTH CARE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 74349088054     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WOWMOM.2009.5282405     Document Type: Conference Paper

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