Efficient security mechanisms for mHealth applications using wireless body sensor networks

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 12606-12633

  Sahoo, Prasan Kumar ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Authentication; Confidentiality; mHealth; Security; Wireless body sensor networks

Indexed keywords

AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOLS; CONFIDENTIALITY; MHEALTH; MOBILE HEALTH (M-HEALTH); PROPOSED ARCHITECTURES; SECURITY; WIRELESS BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

AUTHENTICATION; BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HARDWARE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTHENTICATION; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MHEALTH; SECURITY; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; WIRELESS BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

AUTHENTICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; MHEALTH; SECURITY; WIRELESS BODY SENSOR NETWORKS;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84867006572     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120912606     Document Type: Article

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