Packet-level scheduling for implant communications using forward error correction in an erasure correction mode for reliable U-healthcare service

Journal of Communications and Networks

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-166

  Lee, Ki Dong ^a   Kim, Sang G ^a   Yi, Byung K ^a  

^a LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Erasure correction mode; Forward error correction (fec); Medical body area network (mban) applications; Medical body sensor network; Scheduling; U healthcare service; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; HEALTH CARE; SCHEDULING; SENSOR NODES; TOPOLOGY;

BODYAREA NETWORKS (BAN); ERASURE CORRECTION; ERASURE CORRECTION MODE; FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION; FORWARD ERROR-CORRECTION; MEDICAL BODY AREA NETWORK APPLICATION; MEDICAL BODY SENSOR NETWORK; NETWORK APPLICATIONS; SCHEDULING; U-HEALTHCARE SERVICES;

FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION;

EID: 79956327060     PISSN: 12292370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JCN.2011.6157415     Document Type: Article

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