QoS-based MAC protocol for medical wireless body area sensor networks

Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 216-221

  Ali, Khaled A ^a   Sarker, Jahangir H ^a   Mouftah, Hussein T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body Area Networks; Index Terms Wireless Sensor Networks; MAC Protocols; QoS; WPANs

Indexed keywords

BODY AREA NETWORK; INDEX TERMS; MAC PROTOCOL; QOS; WPANS;

AD HOC NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77956542700     PISSN: 15301346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISCC.2010.5546523     Document Type: Conference Paper

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