IEEE 802.15.6 under saturation: Some problems to be expected

Journal of Communications and Networks

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-148

  Rashwand, Saeed ^a   Mišić, Jelena ^b   Khazaei, Hamzeh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

IEEE 802.15.6; Normalized throughput; Performance evaluation; Saturation condition; Wireless body area networks (wbans); Wireless healthcare systems

Indexed keywords

IEEE STANDARDS; MARKOV PROCESSES; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS; IEEE 802.15.6; NORMALIZED THROUGHPUTS; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCES EVALUATION; SATURATION CONDITIONS; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK; WIRELESS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM; WIRELESS HEALTHCARES;

ANALYTICAL MODELS;

EID: 79956291871     PISSN: 12292370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JCN.2011.6157413     Document Type: Article

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