Challenges for body area networks concerning radio aspects

17th European Wireless Conference 2011, EW 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 77-81

  Oliveira, Carla ^a   Maćkowiak, Michał ^a   Correia, Luís M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTEROPERABILITY; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PATIENT MONITORING; SPORTS MEDICINE;

CHANNEL MODELLING; CONNECTIVITY PROBLEMS; DISTRIBUTED SCHEMES; MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL LAYER; NETWORK OF SENSORS; PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION; SECURITY AND PRIVACY ISSUES; SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84907069174     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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