A survey on wireless body area networks: Technologies and design challenges

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1635-1657

  Cavallari, Riccardo ^a   Martelli, Flavia ^a   Rosini, Ramona ^a,b   Buratti, Chiara ^a   Verdone, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CEA LETI   (France)

Author keywords

Bluetooth LE; Channel Modelling; Coexistance; Energy Efficiency; IEEE 802.15.4; IEEE 802.15.6; MAC protocols; Wireless Body Area Network

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MICROELECTRONICS; STANDARDS; SURVEYS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BLUETOOTH LE; CHANNEL MODELLING; COEXISTANCE; IEEE 802.15.4; IEEE 802.15.6; MAC PROTOCOL; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

DESIGN;

EID: 84906780176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2014.012214.00007     Document Type: Article

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