Proactive and reactive transmission power control for energy-efficient on-body communications

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 5914-5934

  Vallejo, Mónica ^a   Recas, Joaquín ^b   Ayala, José L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human body communication; Received signal strength indication (RSSI); Transmission power control (TPC); Wireless body sensor networks (WBSNs)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; POWER CONTROL; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ENERGY EFFICIENT; HUMAN BODY COMMUNICATIONS; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSMISSION POWER; TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL; TRANSMISSION POWER LEVELS; WIRELESS BODY SENSOR NETWORKS;

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84928666911     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150305914     Document Type: Article

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