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A survey on wireless body area networks [PDF]

Wireless Networks, 2010
The increasing use of wireless networks and the constant miniaturization of electrical devices has empowered the development of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). In these networks various sensors are attached on clothing or on the body or even implanted under the skin. The wireless nature of the network and the wide variety of sensors offer numerous
Benoît Latré, Bart Braem, Ingrid Moerman, Chris Blondia, Piet Demeester   +4 more
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Channel estimation and transmit power control in wireless body area networks [PDF]

, 2014
Wireless body area networks have recently received much attention because of their application to assisted living and remote patient monitoring. For these applications, energy minimisation is a critical issue since, in many cases, batteries cannot be ...
Glover, Ian A., Glover, Ian, Atkinson, RC, Tachtatzis, Christos, Atkinson, Robert C., Tachtazis, Christos, Di Franco, Fabio, Di Francco, Fabio, Glover, IA, Tinnirello, Ilenia, Tachtatzis, C   +10 more
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Wireless Body Area Network Mobility-Aware Task Offloading Scheme

IEEE Access, 2018
The increasing amount of user equipment (UE) and the rapid advances in wireless body area networks bring revolutionary changes in healthcare systems. However, due to the strict requirements on size, reliability and battery lifetime of UE devices, it is ...
Yangzhe Liao, Yi Han, Quan Yu, Qingsong Ai, Quan Liu, Mark S. Leeson   +5 more
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A Survey of MAC Protocols for Cognitive Radio Body Area Networks

Sensors, 2015
The advancement in electronics, wireless communications and integrated circuits has enabled the development of small low-power sensors and actuators that can be placed on, in or around the human body.
Sabin Bhandari, Sangman Moh
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Linking pain and the body: neural correlates of visually induced analgesia [PDF]

, 2012
The visual context of seeing the body can reduce the experience of acute pain, producing a multisensory analgesia. Here we investigated the neural correlates of this “visually induced analgesia” using fMRI.
Longo, Matthew R., Iannetti, GD, Longo, M, Iannetti, G.D., Longo, MR, Haggard, P, Driver, J., ,, Mancini, F, Mancini, F., Haggard, P., Driver, J   +11 more
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Neighbour wireless body area network discovery mechanism for ETSI SmartBAN [PDF]

, 2020
A novel neighbour network discovery mechanism targeted especially for wireless body area networks (WBANs) is defined and analysed in this paper.
Tuomas Paso, Jussi Haapola, Haapola, J. (Jussi), Haapola, Jussi, Paso, Tuomas, Paso, T. (Tuomas)   +5 more
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Cooperative In-Vivo Nano-Network Communication at Terahertz Frequencies

IEEE Access, 2017
Nano-devices have great potential to play a vital role in future medical diagnostics and treatment technologies because of its non-invasive nature and ability to reach delicate body sites easily as compared with conventional devices.
Qammer H. Abbasi, Ali Arshad Nasir, Ke Yang, Khalid A. Qaraqe, Akram Alomainy   +4 more
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A comprehensive review of wireless body area network [PDF]

, 2019
Recent development and advancement of information and communication technologies facilitate people in different dimensions of life. Most importantly, in the healthcare industry, this has become more and more involved with the information and ...
Hasan, Khalid, Biswas, K, Islam, Md Saiful, Hasan, K, Nafi, Nazmus S, Ahmed, Khandakar, Islam, Md. Saiful, Nafi, NS, Islam, MS, Biswas, Kamanashis   +9 more
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Theoretical Aspects of Resting-State Cardiomyocyte Communication for Multi-Nodal Nano-Actuator Pacemakers

Sensors, 2020
The heart consists of billions of cardiac muscle cells—cardiomyocytes—that work in a coordinated fashion to supply oxygen and nutrients to the body. Inter-connected specialized cardiomyocytes form signaling channels through which the electrical signals ...
Pengfei Lu, Mladen Veletić, Jacob Bergsland, Ilangko Balasingham   +3 more
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Nano-Communication for Biomedical Applications: A Review on the State-of-the-Art From Physical Layers to Novel Networking Concepts

IEEE Access, 2016
Nano-communication-based devices have the potential to play a vital role in future healthcare technologies by improving the quality of human life. Its application in medical diagnostics and treatment has a great potential, because of its ability to ...
Qammer H. Abbasi, Ke Yang, Nishtha Chopra, Josep Miquel Jornet, Najah Abed Abuali, Khalid A. Qaraqe, Akram Alomainy   +6 more
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