MAC-bridging for multi-PHYs communication in BAN

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 9919-9934

  Ullah, Sana ^a   Khan, Pervez ^a   Ullah, Niamat ^a   Kwak, Kyung Sup ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body Area Network; Channels; Frequency bands; MAC; Multiple; Physical; Transparency; WBAN; Wireless

Indexed keywords

BODY AREA NETWORK; CHANNELS; MAC; MULTIPLE; PHYSICAL; WBAN;

COMMUNICATION; FREQUENCY BANDS; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK LAYERS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); RADIO; SENSOR NODES; TRANSPARENCY;

ANTENNAS;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

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

EID: 84871035169     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s101109919     Document Type: Article

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