Security in Wireless Body Area Networks: From In-Body to Off-Body Communications
IEEE Access, 2018 Wireless body area networks (WBANs) play a vital role in shaping today's healthcare systems. Given the critical nature of a WBAN in one's health to automatically monitor and diagnose health issues, security and privacy of these healthcare systems need a ...
Muhammad Usman +3 more
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Discrete Data Rate Adaptation for Wireless Body Area Networks
Applied Sciences, 2023 eHealth services require continuous data streaming and a stable level of quality of service. However, wireless network connections can be characterized by variable bandwidths.
Tibor Szkaliczki
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Energy-aware peering routing protocol for indoor hospital body area network communication [PDF]
, 2012 The recent research in Body Area Networks (BAN) is focused on making its communication more reliable, energy efficient, secure, and to better utilize system resources.
Aslam, Nauman +3 more
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Directional MAC Approach for Wireless Body Area Networks
Sensors, 2011 Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) designed for medical, sports, and entertainment applications, have drawn the attention of academia and industry alike.
Md. Asdaque Hussain +2 more
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Energy Savings via Harnessing Partial Packets in Body Area Networks [PDF]
, 2014 This work considers the incorporation, implications and potential energy savings of partial packet recovery schemes in Body Area Networks (BANs). Received packets which have not been fully corrected by the physical layer, called partial, are discarded by
Medard, Muriel +5 more
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Spectral efficiency optimization with distributed beamforming in UWB based implant body area networks [PDF]
, 2014 Copyright © 2014 ICST. In this paper, a distributed beamforming problem is investigated based on spectral efficiency (SE) optimization for ultra-wideband (UWB) based implant body area networks (IBANs).
Dutkiewicz, E +7 more
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Secure Precise Clock Synchronization for Interconnected Body Area Networks
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2011 Secure time synchronization is a paramount service for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) constituted by multiple interconnected body area networks (BANs).
Christos Verikoukis +3 more
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Radio channel characterisation and system-level modelling for ultra wideband body-centric wireless communications [PDF]
, 2012 PhDThe next generation of wireless communication is evolving towards user-centric networks, where constant and reliable connectivity and services are essential.
Abbasi, Qammer Hussain
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IEEE Access Special Section Editorial: Body Area Networks
IEEE Access, 2018 The Special Section in IEEE Access on Body Area Networks (BAN) collects the extended versions of the best manuscripts submitted to and presented at “Bodynets 2016,” a conference that “aims to provide a world-leading and unique ...
Ladislau Matekovits +6 more
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Technologies and Challenges for Cognitive Radio Enabled Medical Wireless Body Area Networks
IEEE Access, 2018 We present a review of spectrum sharing wireless body area networks. We investigate how cognitive radio (CR) and dynamic spectrum access are used for body area networks to save spectral resources.
Shabnam Sodagari +2 more
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