Energy-efficient multi-hop transmission in body area networks

IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2142-2146

  Kwon, HyungTae ^a   Lee, SuKyoung ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

802.15.4 6; BAN; Energy; Medical sensor node; MST

Indexed keywords

IEEE STANDARDS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES;

802.15.4/6; BODY AREA NETWORKS; ENERGY; ENERGY EFFICIENT MAC; MEDICAL SENSORS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL(MAC); MULTIHOP TRANSMISSION; RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77952789026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PIMRC.2009.5450228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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