Optimized handover strategy with movement trend awareness for body sensor networks

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 255-263

  Sun, Wen ^a   Ji, Lianying ^b   Wong, Wai Choong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Body Sensor Networks; Handover; Location Awareness; Movement Trend

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; WEB CRAWLER; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS (BSN); CONVENTIONAL METHODS; HANDOVER; HANDOVER STRATEGY; LOCATION AWARENESS; MOVEMENT TREND; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; OUTAGE PROBABILITY;

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84856472065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770509     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2011.07.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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