Performance analysis of ZigBee technology for Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering

Volumn 28 LNICST, Issue , 2010, Pages 747-761

  Cao, Huasong ^a   Liang, Xuedong ^b   Balasingham, Ilangko ^c   Leung, Victor C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

OPNET simulation; Performance analysis; WBASN; WPAN; ZigBee

Indexed keywords

OPNET SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; WBASN; WPAN; ZIG-BEE;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84880844377     PISSN: 18678211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11723-7_51     Document Type: Conference Paper

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