Surveying wearable human assistive technology for life and safety critical applications: Standards, challenges and opportunities

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 9153-9209

  Alam, Muhammad Mahtab ^a   Hamida, Elyes Ben ^a  

^a QATAR MOBILITY INNOVATIONS CENTER QMIC   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Critical and safety applications; IEEE 802.15.6 standard; Inter WBANs; Intra WBANs; Wearable technology; Wireless body area networks (WBANs)

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

IEEE 802.15.6; INTER-WBANS; INTRA-WBANS; SAFETY APPLICATIONS; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84901352780     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140509153     Document Type: Review

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