Cognitive radio for medical wireless body area networks

2011 IEEE 16th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 148-152

  Chávez Santiago, Raúl ^a   Balasingham, Ilangko ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

cognitve radio; interference; medical application; unlicensed band; wireless body area network

Indexed keywords

CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; COGNITIVE RADIO; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; WAVE INTERFERENCE; WEARABLE SENSORS;

COGNITVE RADIOS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; INTERFERENCE PROBLEMS; OPPORTUNISTIC ACCESS; UNLICENSED BAND; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 79961159325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CAMAD.2011.5941105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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