Low-power body sensor network for wireless ECG based on relaying of creeping waves at 2.4GHz1

2010 International Conference on Body Sensor Networks, BSN 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 167-173

  Sapio, Adrian ^a   Tsouri, Gill R ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTERY LIFE; BODY SENSOR NETWORK; CREEPING WAVES; DATA RATES; GHZ BAND; LINK BUDGETS; LOW POWER; MOBILE SCENARIOS; NETWORK LIFETIME; PERFORMANCE METRICS; POINT-TO-POINT LINK; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; RELIABLE PERFORMANCE; SYSTEM MANAGEMENT; TRANSMISSION POWER; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

BUDGET CONTROL; DESIGN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77955204116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BSN.2010.18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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