Reliable and energy-efficient communications for wireless biomedical implant systems

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1848-1856

  Ntouni, Georgia D ^a   Lioumpas, Athanasios S ^a   Nikita, Konstantina S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomedical implants; IEEE P802.15 channel model; Power consumption; Reliability; Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN)

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RELIABILITY; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

BIOLOGICAL PARAMETER; BIOMEDICAL IMPLANTS; CHANNEL MODEL; CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; ENERGY EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS; OUTAGE PROBABILITY; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK; WIRELESS PROPAGATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

COMPUTER NETWORK; DEVICES; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84910073187     PISSN: 21682194     EISSN: 21682208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2014.2300151     Document Type: Article

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