Transmission of patient vital signs usingwireless body area networks

Mobile Networks and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 663-682

  Chen, Baozhi ^a   Pompili, Dario ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body area networks; Cross layer design; Healthcare; Prioritization; Quality of service; Ubiquitous networking; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

BODY AREA NETWORK; CROSS-LAYER DESIGN; PRIORITIZATION; UBIQUITOUS NETWORKING; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); QUALITY OF SERVICE;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84855700830     PISSN: 1383469X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11036-010-0253-7     Document Type: Article

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