A lightweight policy system for body sensor networks

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 137-148

  Zhu, Yanmin ^a   Keoh, Sye Loong ^b   Sloman, Morris ^c   Lupu, Emil C ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access control; Adaptation; Authorization; Body sensor networks; Policy system; Policy driven management

Indexed keywords

BODY SENSOR NETWORK; BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; POLICY DRIVEN; POLICY SYSTEM; POLICY SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 75149127655     PISSN: 19324537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2009.03.090301     Document Type: Article

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