On the use of ultrasonic waves as a communications medium in biosensor networks

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 650-656

  Davilis, Yiannis ^a   Kalis, Antonis ^a   Ifantis, Antonis ^a  

^a ATHENS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biosensor networks; Body area networks; Channel model; Implanted sensors; Ultrasonic communications

Indexed keywords

BIT RATES; BODY AREA NETWORK; CHANNEL MODEL; COMMUNICATION MEDIUM; HUMAN TISSUES; IMPLANTED SENSORS; NETWORK APPLICATIONS; NETWORK FUNCTIONALITY; POWER EFFICIENCY; PROPAGATION MODELS; RF COMMUNICATION; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEM ISSUES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BIOSENSORS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELEMETRY; ULTRASOUND;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMETRY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 77953143916     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2009.2039755     Document Type: Article

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