Wireless Body Area Networks: Challenges, trends and emerging technologies

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Body Area Networks, BodyNets 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-7

  Antonescu, Bogdan ^a   Basagni, Stefano ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE RADIO; RADIO SYSTEMS; RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; MOBILITY TECHNIQUES; POSSIBLE FUTURES; RADIO HARDWARE; RESEARCH FIELDS; SECURITY AND PRIVACY; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK; WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 84906779618     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253722     Document Type: Conference Paper

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