RFID-enabled MAC protocol for WBAN

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 6030-6034

  Ullah, Sana ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Delay; MAC; Power; Wakeup Radio; WBAN

Indexed keywords

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; SENSOR NODES;

DELAY; MAC; POWER; WAKE-UP RADIO; WBAN;

ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84891366844     PISSN: 15503607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2013.6655565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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