Understanding link behavior of non-intrusivewireless body sensor networks

Wireless Personal Communications

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 561-582

  Jacobsen, Rune Hylsberg ^a   Kortermand, Kim ^b   Zhang, Qi ^a   Toftegaard, Thomas Skjødeberg ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ProInnovation   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body sensor networks; Radio link; Routing protocols

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE TRANSMISSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENMARK; DYNAMIC ROUTING; ENERGY GAIN; HEALTH CARE APPLICATION; HUMAN BODIES; LINK LAYERS; LINK QUALITY; LINK QUALITY INDICATORS; NETWORK OPERATIONS; ON-BODY; PACKET DELIVERY PERFORMANCE; PACKET DELIVERY STATISTICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA; REALISTIC ENVIRONMENTS; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATORS; SAVING POTENTIALS; SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING; TEST FRAMEWORK; TIME RESOLUTION; VITAL SIGN; WIRELESS BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS CHANNEL; WIRELESS LINK;

COMMUNICATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HEALTH CARE; RADIO LINKS; RADIO WAVES; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NODES;

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84862574704     PISSN: 09296212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11277-012-0601-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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