Intra-mobility support solutions for healthcare wireless sensor networks-handover issues

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4339-4348

  Caldeira, Joao Manuel L P ^a,b   Rodrigues, Joel Jose P C ^b   Lorenz, Pascal ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE HAUTE ALSACE   (France)

Author keywords

handover; healthcare wireless sensor networks; Intra mobility; survey

Indexed keywords

HANDOVER; INDOOR COMMUNICATIONS; INTRA-MOBILITY; MOBILITY SUPPORTS; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; SIGNAL PROPAGATION; STATE OF THE ART; WIRELESS SENSOR;

PATIENT MONITORING; SENSORS; SURVEYING; SURVEYS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84885123698     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2267729     Document Type: Article

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