Cognitive radio for medical body area networks using ultra wideband

IEEE Wireless Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 74-81

  Chávez Santiago, Raúl ^a   Nolan, Keith E ^b,c   Holland, Oliver ^b   De Nardis, Luca ^b,d   Ferro, João M ^c,e   Barroca, Norberto ^f   Borges, Luís M ^c,g   Velez, Fernando J ^e,h   Gonçalves, Vânia ⁱ   Balasingham, Ilangko ^j,k  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b COST Action IC0905 ^*  (Italy)

^c IEEE   (Portugal)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^f INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^g Instituto de Telecomunicaco s   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

ⁱ VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^j OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^k NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY AREA NETWORK; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; GROWING DEMAND; HEALTHCARE SECTORS; MAC LAYER; MEDICAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SENSORS; MUTUAL INTERFERENCE; RAPID GROWTH; REMOTE MONITORING; SPECTRUM USAGE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADIO TECHNOLOGIES; UWB SIGNALS; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

COGNITIVE RADIO; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FREQUENCY BANDS; HEALTH CARE; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PATIENT REHABILITATION; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 84865415326     PISSN: 15361284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MWC.2012.6272426     Document Type: Article

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