• HEH-BMAC: hybrid polling MAC protocol for WBANs operated by human energy harvesting 

      Ibarra, Ernesto; Antonopoulos, Angelos; Kartsakli, Elli; Verikoukis, Christos (2015-02-01)
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      This paper introduces human energy harvesting medium access control (MAC) protocol (HEH-BMAC), a hybrid polling MAC suitable for wireless body area networks powered by human energy harvesting. The proposed protocol combines ...
    • Joint power-QoS control scheme for energy harvesting body sensor nodes 

      Ibarra, Ernesto; Antonopoulos, Angelos; Kartsakli, Elli; Rodrigues, Joel; Verikoukis, Christos (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014)
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      In this paper, we aim at the optimal use of the scarce energy collected by a node powered by human energy harvesting in order to improve the provided Quality of Service (QoS). To achieve this goal, we have developed a ...
    • QoS-Aware energy management in body sensor nodes powered by human energy harvesting 

      Ibarra, Ernesto; Antonopoulos, Angelos; Kartsakli, Elli; Rodrigues, Joel; Verikoukis, Christos (2016-01-15)
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      Harvesting energy in the human environment has been identified as an effective way to charge the body sensor nodes in wireless body area networks (WBANs). In such networks, the capability of the nodes to detect events is ...