Heartbeat-driven medium-access control for body sensor networks

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-51

  Li, Huaming ^a   Tan, Jindong ^b  

^a EPIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Medium access control (MAC); Sensor networks; Wearable computers

Indexed keywords

BIOSIGNALS; BODY SENSOR NETWORK; DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATORS; ENERGY COST; HUMAN BODIES; INTELLIGENT MONITORING; INTENSIVE CARE; MAC PROTOCOL; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDIUM-ACCESS CONTROL (MAC); MULTIPARAMETERS; OMNET++; REAL WORLD DATA; RECOVERY SCHEME; RESYNCHRONIZATION; SENSORY DATA; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION; TIMING INFORMATION; WAVE FORMS;

BIOSENSORS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SYNCHRONIZATION; WEARABLE COMPUTERS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELEMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMETRY;

EID: 76849108448     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2009.2028136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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