Robust license-free body area network access for reliable public m-health services

2011 IEEE 13th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, HEALTHCOM 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 312-319

  Torabi, Narjes ^a   Leung, Victor C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS SCHEMES; BODY AREA NETWORK; CO-LOCATED; COEXISTENCE PROBLEM; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; M-HEALTH SERVICES; RESOURCE CONSTRAINT; SERVICE AVAILABILITY; SERVICE INTERRUPTION; SERVICE RELIABILITY; VITAL SIGNALS;

FREQUENCY BANDS; GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); PATIENT MONITORING;

HEALTH;

EID: 80053957191     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HEALTH.2011.6026771     Document Type: Conference Paper

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