An Incentive-Compatible Mechanism for Transmission Scheduling of Delay-Sensitive Medical Packets in E-Health Networks

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2424-2436

  Yi, Changyan ^a   Alfa, Attahiru S ^b   Cai, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

beyond WBAN; delay sensitivity; E health; incentive compatible mechanism; Priority queue

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; HEALTH; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PROFITABILITY; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SCHEDULING; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS NETWORKS;

BEYOND-WBAN; DELAY SENSITIVITY; E HEALTH; INCENTIVE COMPATIBLE MECHANISMS; PRIORITY QUEUES;

GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS);

EID: 84985919768     PISSN: 15361233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2015.2500241     Document Type: Article

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