Analysis of aggregation delay for multisource sensor data with on-off traffic pattern in wireless body area networks

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Kim, Un Ha ^a   Kong, Eutteum ^a   Choi, Hyun Ho ^b   Lee, Jung Ryun ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b Hankyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aggregation delay; Body area networks; Data aggregation; Delay analysis

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

BODY AREA NETWORK; DATA AGGREGATION; DELAY ANALYSIS; ON-OFF TRAFFIC; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PACKET AGGREGATION; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 84990997702     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s16101622     Document Type: Article

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