On-body area networks: From channel measurements to MAC layer performance evaluation

18th European Wireless Conference, EW 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rosini, Ramona ^a,b   Martelli, Flavia ^b   Maman, Mickael ^a   D'Errico, Raffaele ^a   Buratti, Chiara ^b   Verdone, Roberto ^b  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

CHANNEL MEASUREMENTS; CHANNEL MODEL; MAC SCHEMES; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; ON-BODY PROPAGATION; PACKET LOSS RATES; TRANSMISSION DELAYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84907079856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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