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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Main Authors: Xi Chen, Yixuan Xu, Anfeng Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-04-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/4/900