Wireless Body Area Networks: A Survey
Recent developments and technological advancements in wireless communication, MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) technology and integrated circuits has enabled low-power, intelligent, miniaturized, invasive/non-invasive micro and nano-technology sensor nodes strategically placed in or around the human body to be used in various applications, such as
Samaneh Movassaghi +2 more
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A Survey on Wireless Wearable Body Area Networks: A Perspective of Technology and Economy
The deployment of wearable or body-worn devices is increasing rapidly, and thus researchers’ interests mainly include technical and economical issues, such as networking, interoperability, security, power optimization, business growth and regulation.
David Samuel Bhatti +6 more
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An Improved SMART Algorithm for Wireless Body Area Network [PDF]
To address the high traffic and low precision of the Slice Mix Aggregate(SMART) data fusion algorithm applied to Wireless Body Area Network(WBAN),this paper proposes an improved SMART algorithm that optimizes data segmentation,collusion and fusion in ...
YIN Qingshan
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Wireless sensor networks in biomedical: Body area networks [PDF]
The rapid growth in biomedical sensors, low-power circuits and wireless communications has enabled a new generation of wireless sensor networks: the body area networks. These networks are composed of tiny, cheap and low-power biomedical nodes, mainly dedicated for healthcare monitoring applications.
Honeine, Paul +5 more
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A Hybrid Chaotic Encryption Scheme for Wireless Body Area Networks
Wireless body area network is a low-power and high-security wireless communication protocol specially used in the medical environment. It requires a highly secure encryption algorithm to ensure that information related to a patient's vital signs cannot ...
Shengwen Fan +6 more
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Energy Harvested IEEE802.15.4 Wireless Body Area Network
With the increasing demand of wireless body area network (WBAN) for patient monitoring systems, it is necessary to develop efficient energy management systems to either prolong node battery replacement time or to develop batteryless WBAN nodes.
Thien Nguyen, Jamil Khan, Duy Ngo
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In-body path loss models for implants in heterogeneous human tissues using implantable slot dipole conformal flexible antennas [PDF]
A wireless body area network (WBAN) consists of a wireless network with devices placed close to, attached on, or implanted into the human body. Wireless communication within a human body experiences loss in the form of attenuation and absorption.
Axisa, Fabrice +9 more
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Resource Allocation for Full-Duplex Wireless Information and Power Transfer in Wireless Body Area Network [PDF]
Background and Objectives: The purpose of a wireless body area network (WBAN) is to collect and send vital body signals to the physician to make timely decisions, improve the efficiency of medical informatics systems, and save costs.
N. Khatami, M. Majidi
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A comprehensive survey of wireless body area networks on PHY, MAC, and network layers solutions [PDF]
Recent advances in microelectronics and integrated circuits, system-on-chip design, wireless communication and intelligent low-power sensors have allowed the realization of a Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN).
Blondia, Chris +8 more
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Network selection in cognitive radio enabled Wireless Body Area Networks
In recent years, the great interest in Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) has been aroused significantly due to the advancement in wireless communications.
Monish Bhatia, Krishan Kumar
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