A comprehensive survey of mac protocols for wireless body area networks

Proceedings - 2012 7th International Conference on Broadband, Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications, BWCCA 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 434-439

  Rahim, A ^a   Javaid, N ^a   Aslam, M ^a   Rahman, Z ^a   Qasim, U ^b   Khan, Z A ^c  

^a Department of Electrical Computer Engineering   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area; Biomedical; Body; Consumption; Energy; Networks; Node; Personal; Sensor; Wireless

Indexed keywords

AREA; BIOMEDICAL; BODY; CONSUMPTION; ENERGY; NODE; PERSONAL;

BIOSENSORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); RADIO; SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84874253328     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BWCCA.2012.77     Document Type: Conference Paper

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