Body Node Coordinator Placement Algorithms for Wireless Body Area Networks

IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 94-102

  Ul Huque, Md Tanvir Ishtaique ^a   Munasinghe, Kumudu S ^b   Jamalipour, Abbas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

BNC deployment; Body Area Network (BAN); Body Node Coordinator (BNC); energy efficiency; human body; IEEE 802.15.6; Internet of Things (IoT); node deployment; WBAN

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); POWER MANAGEMENT (TELECOMMUNICATION); ROUTING PROTOCOLS; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS NETWORKS;

BNC DEPLOYMENT; BODY AREA NETWORKS; BODY NODE COORDINATOR (BNC); HUMAN BODIES; IEEE 802.15.6; INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); NODE DEPLOYMENT; WBAN;

NETWORK ROUTING;

EID: 84960488705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23274662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2014.2366110     Document Type: Article

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