Recent technological advances in sensors, low-power microelectronics and miniaturization, and wireless networking enabled the design and proliferation of wireless sensor networks capable of autonomously monitoring and controlling environments. One of the most promising applications of sensor networks is for human health monitoring. A number of tiny wireless sensors, strategically placed on the ...

Recent technological advances in sensors, low-power microelectronics and miniaturization, and wireless networking enabled the design and proliferation of wireless sensor networks capable of autonomously monitoring and controlling environments. One of the most promising applications of sensor networks is for human health monitoring. A number of tiny wireless sensors, strategically placed on the ...

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) technologies are considered as one of the key of the research areas in computer science and healthcare application industries. The wireless body area sensor networks (WBASNs) is a wireless network used for communication among sensor nodes operating on or inside the human body in order to monitor vital body parameters and movements. The paper surveys the state-of-...

Problem statement: The Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks (WBASNs) is a wireless network used for communication among sensor nodes operating on or inside the human body in order to monitor vital body parameters and movements. This study surveys the state-of-the-art on Wireless Body Area Networks, discussing the major components of research in this area including physiological sensing and prepro...

to monitor the patient behavior, data are collected from patient’s body by a medical monitoring device so as to calculate the output using embedded software. incorrect calculations may endanger the patient’s life if the software fails to meet the patient’s requirements. accordingly, the veracity of the software behavior is a matter of concern in the medicine; moreover, the data collected from t...

With the rise in population and increase in older people Wireless Body Sensor Networks can prove to be beneficial in providing medical service to people who require continuous monitoring and care. Development in technologies for Wireless Communication has led to sensor nodes which can be worn over the body, implanted and embedded over the body. These are small sized devices which can perform pr...

With recent advances in wireless sensor networks and embedded computing technologies, miniaturized pervasive health monitoring devices have become practically feasible. In addition to providing continuous monitoring and analysis of physiological parameters, the recently proposed Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN) incorporates context aware sensing for increased sensitivity and specificity. A nu...

wireless sensor networks attracting a great deal of research interest. accurate localization of sensor nodes is a strong requirement in a wide area of applications. in recent years, several techniques have been proposed for localization in wireless sensor networks. in this paper we present a localization scheme with using only one mobile anchor station and received signal strength indicator tec...

The wireless communication with delivering variety of services to users is growing rapidly in recent years. The third generation of cellular networks (3G), and local wireless networks (WLAN) are the two widely used technologies in wireless networks. 3G networks have the capability of covering a vast area; while, WLAN networks provide higher transmission rates with less coverage. Since the two n...

Recent advancements in integrated circuits, wireless communication, and MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) technology has enabled low power, nano-technology wireless sensor nodes strategically deployed on the human body to be used by different applications, such as health monitoring, assisted living, and telemedicine. This new area of research is known as Body Area Networks (BANs) [1], [2]. ...