Networking issues in medical implant communications

International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-38

  Zhen, Bin ^a   Li, Huan Bang ^a   Kohno, Ryuji ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

802.15.4A; ADJACENT CHANNELS; BODY AREA NETWORK; BODY SURFACE; CHIRP SPREAD SPECTRUM; FREE SPACE PROPAGATION; HUMAN BODIES; IEEE 802.15; IMPLANT DEVICES; LONG DISTANCE COMMUNICATION; LONG DISTANCES; MAC PROTOCOL; MEDICAL IMPLANTS; MULTIHOP; PATH LOSS MODELS; PICONETS; TASK GROUPS; TIME DIVISION; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES; WORKING GROUPS;

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FREQUENCY BANDS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); STANDARDS; TISSUE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84863011492     PISSN: 19750080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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