A power efficient MAC protocol for implant device communication in Wireless Body Area Networks

2011 IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC'2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1155-1160

  Ameen, Moshaddique Al ^a   Liu, Jingwei ^a   Ullah, Sana ^a   Kwak, Kyung Sup ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

healthcare; implant device; MAC; Wakeup radio; WBAN; Wireless body area networks

Indexed keywords

IMPLANT DEVICE; MAC; WAKEUP RADIO; WBAN; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORKS;

COMMUNICATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 79957905642     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCNC.2011.5766358     Document Type: Conference Paper

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