Bridge performance in a multitier wireless network for healthcare monitoring

IEEE Wireless Communications

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-95

  Misic, Jelena ^a   Misic, Vojislav B ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

802.11 WLANS; BODY AREA NETWORK; BRIDGE PERFORMANCE; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; DATA-RATE; DEFINED FUNCTIONS; DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; HEALTHCARE MONITORING; HOME NETWORKS; HOSPITAL NETWORKS; HOSPITAL WARDS; LOW DATA RATES; MULTI-TIER; REAL TIME; SENSING DEVICES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY;

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SENSORS; TECHNOLOGY; TOPOLOGY; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 77649100971     PISSN: 15361284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MWC.2010.5416355     Document Type: Article

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