Link characteristics measuring in 2.4 GHz body area sensor networks

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sun, Guodong ^a   Qiao, Guofu ^b   Xu, Bin ^c  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENT PROTOCOLS; HUMAN-MACHINE; LINK PERFORMANCE; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PACKET RECEPTION;

HEALTH CARE;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84870222958     PISSN: 15501329     EISSN: 15501477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/519792     Document Type: Article

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