Secure and lightweight network admission and transmission protocol for body sensor networks

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 664-674

  He, Daojing ^a   Chen, Chun ^a   Chan, Sammy ^b   Bu, Jiajun ^a   Zhang, Pingxin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Body sensor networks (BSNs); Efficiency; Key update; Network admission and transmission; Security

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

AUTHENTICATION SCHEME; BODY SENSOR NETWORKS (BSN); BODY SENSOR NETWORKS (BSNS); KEY UPDATES; LOCAL PROCESSING UNITS; PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATIONS; SECURITY; TRANSMISSION PROTOCOLS;

NETWORK SECURITY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SECURITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; TIME;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SECURITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883761197     PISSN: 21682194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2012.2235180     Document Type: Article

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