An efficient next hop selection algorithm for multi-hop body area networks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ayatollahitafti, Vahid ^a   Ngadi, Md Asri ^b   Sharif, Johan Bin Mohamad ^b   Abdullahi, Mohammed ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END DELAY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; MULTI HOP BODY AREA NETWORK; PACKET DELIVERY RATIO; PACKETS FORWARDED; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; HUMANS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84955496631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146464     Document Type: Article

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