Reliable body area networks using relays: Restricted tree topology

2012 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC'12

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 82-88

  Chebbo, Hind ^a   Abedi, Saied ^a   Lamahewa, Tharaka A ^b   Smith, David B ^b   Miniutti, Dino ^b   Hanlen, Leif ^b  

^a Fijitsu Laboratories of Europe Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body Area Networks; Medical; Multihop; Relay; Tree Topology; Wireless

Indexed keywords

BODY AREA NETWORK; MEDICAL; MULTIHOP; RELAY; TREE TOPOLOGY;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FORESTRY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); RADIO; SENSORS; SLEEP RESEARCH;

TOPOLOGY;

ELECTRIC CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC RELAYS; MEDICINE; NETWORKS; RADIO; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; SENSORS;

EID: 84859882985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCNC.2012.6167540     Document Type: Conference Paper

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