Abstract:Patient Monitoring using ad hoc networks has been proposed to overcome the coverage problems of infrastructure-oriented wireless networks, such as wireless LANs and cellular-oriented wireless networks. Although highly innovative and interesting solution to provide patient monitoring, such ad hoc networks rely on the co-operation of other patient monitoring devices as routers. The end-to-end delivery of messages carrying vital signs of patients will be negatively affected by un-cooperation and/or failure of rou… Show more
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