A Comprehensive Survey of MAC Protocols for Wireless Body Area Networks
Azizur RahimNadeem JavaidM. AslamZiaur RahmanU. QasimZahoor Ali KhanPublished in: CoRR (2012)
Keyphrases
- wired networks
- medium access
- cellular networks
- wireless networks
- wireless medium
- ad hoc networks
- multi hop
- access network
- wireless ad hoc networks
- network design
- access points
- network protocols
- network connectivity
- social networks
- complex networks
- human body
- mobile nodes
- packet delivery
- wireless local area networks
- mobile networks
- mobile users
- wireless technologies
- wireless communication
- network infrastructure
- multimedia services
- switched networks
- community structure
- energy consumption
- delay tolerant
- wireless sensor networks