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Co-operative and energy efficient body area and wireless sensor networks for healthcare applications /

With the advances in small and low-cost radio transceivers and RF front-ends development, the possibility of applying ubiquitous and non-invasive sensors integrated into user's daily clothing and living activities seems more feasible. The ability to share data increases the usefulness of person...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Alomainy, Akram
Other Authors: Di Bari, Raffaele, Abbasi, Qammer H., Chen, Yifan (Professor of electronic engineering), Mucchi, Lorenzo (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2014.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to body area and wireless sensor networks
  • Frequency band allocation for body area networks
  • Antenna design requirements for wireless BAN and WSNs. Theoretical considerations
  • Wearable antenna designs for wireless BAN/PAN
  • Integrated antenna in compact wireless body-worn sensor
  • Cooperative and low-power wireless sensor networks for body-centric applications. Practical considerations of the body-centric wireless sensor network
  • Experimental investigations and analyses
  • Design of body-worn radar-based sensors for vital sign monitoring. System architecture and propagation model
  • Signal processing algorithm and simulation examples
  • Conclusions
  • References.