Cross Layer Design for Optimizing Transmission Reliability, Energy Efficiency, and Lifetime in Body Sensor Networks
High transmission reliability, energy efficiency, and long lifetime are pivotal issues for wireless body area networks (WBANs. However, these performance metrics are not independent of each other, making it hard to obtain overall improvements through optimizing one single aspect. Therefore, a Cross...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-04-01
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Series: | Sensors |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/4/900 |