Open-source testbed for body area networks: 200 Sample/sec, 12 hrs continuous measurement

IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 66-71

  Hanlen, Leif ^a   Chaganti, Vasanta ^a   Gilbert, Ben ^a   Rodda, David ^a   Lamahewa, Tharaka ^a   Smith, David ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY AREA NETWORK; CHANNEL SOUNDERS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; DESIGN CRITERION; ISM BANDS; MEASUREMENT DATA; OPEN HARDWARE; OPEN-SOURCE; PUBLIC DATA; REAL MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY;

RADIO COMMUNICATION;

EID: 78751539947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PIMRCW.2010.5670518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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