TDMA based directional MAC for WBAN

INC2010 - The International Conference on Networked Computing, Proceeding

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 321-325

  Hussain, Md Asdaque ^a   Alam, Nasare ^a   Ullah, Sana ^a   Ullah, Niamat ^a   Kwak, Kyung Sup ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

MAC Protocol; Multi beam directional antenna; Sensor nodes; TDMA; WBAN

Indexed keywords

BODY AREA NETWORK; DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA; DUTY CYCLES; ENERGY CONSTRAINT; FOUR SECTOR; HUMAN BODIES; LOW POWER; MAC PROTOCOL; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; MULTI-BEAM; OMNI-DIRECTIONAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSORS; POWER EFFICIENCY; SPATIAL DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MULTIBEAM ANTENNAS; SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 77954791024     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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