An Energy-efficient MAC Protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks
A WBAN node may be working in two monitoring modes, all-transmit mode and few-transmit mode. Every mode has its own usage scenarios. To effectively prolong its lifetime, a node should be working in few-transmit mode as much as possible. An adaptive medium access control (MAC) protocol is specially d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2017-01-01
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| Series: | ITM Web of Conferences |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1051/itmconf/20171203044 |