Sensium: An ultra-low-power wireless body sensor network platform: Design & application challenges

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 6576-6579

  Wong, A C W ^a   McDonagh, D ^b   Omeni, O ^b   Nunn, C ^b   Hernandez Silveira, M ^b   Burdett, A J ^b  

^a Toumaz Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP; TIME MEASUREMENT; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

CUSTOM SENSORS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HARDWARE MAC; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; SKIN TEMPERATURES; ULTRA LOW POWER; WIRELESS BODY SENSOR NETWORKS;

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77950980370     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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