Feasibility and performance evaluation of a 6LoWPAN-enabled platform for ubiquitous healthcare monitoring

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1271-1281

  Touati, Farid ^a   Mnaouer, Adel Ben ^b   Erdene Ochir, Ochirkhand ^a   Mehmood, Waiser ^a   Hassan, Ammad ^a   Gaabab, Brahim ^c  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b CANADIAN UNIVERSITY DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

6LoWPAN; BLE; telemedecine; u healthcare; WBANs; WSNs

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIGITAL DEVICES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEALTH; INTERNET; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SENSOR NODES; WEARABLE SENSORS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

6LOWPAN; BLE; TELEMEDECINE; U-HEALTHCARE; WBANS; WSNS;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84930268203     PISSN: 15308669     EISSN: 15308677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcm.2601     Document Type: Article

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