A study of MAC protocols for WBANs

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 128-145

  Ullah, Sana ^a   Shen, Bin ^a   Riazul Islam, S M ^a   Khan, Pervez ^a   Saleem, Shahnaz ^a   Kwak, Kyung S ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BSN; Low power; MAC; WBAN

Indexed keywords

BSN; LOW POWER; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MAC; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; STRINGENT REQUIREMENT; WBAN; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

SENSOR NODES;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; COMPUTER NETWORK; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELEMETRY; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77953677508     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100100128     Document Type: Review

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