Link layer behavior of body area networks at 2.4 GHz

A Natarajan, B de Silva, KK Yap, M Motani - Proceedings of the 15th …, 2009 - dl.acm.org
Body Area Networks (BANs) can perform the task of continuous, remote monitoring of a
patient's physiological signals in diverse environments. Apart from providing healthcare …

Body area networks: A survey

M Chen, S Gonzalez, A Vasilakos, H Cao… - Mobile networks and …, 2011 - Springer
Advances in wireless communication technologies, such as wearable and implantable
biosensors, along with recent developments in the embedded computing area are enabling …

Body area networks

S González-Valenzuela, X Liang, H Cao… - … Sensing Strategies for …, 2013 - Springer
Body area network (BAN) technology has emerged in recent years as a subcategory of
wireless sensor network technology targeted at monitoring physiological and ambient …

Investigating network architectures for body sensor networks

A Natarajan, M Motani, B de Silva, KK Yap… - Proceedings of the 1st …, 2007 - dl.acm.org
The choice of network architecture for body sensor networks is an important one because it
significantly affects overall system design and performance. Current approaches use …

Enabling technologies for wireless body area networks: A survey and outlook

H Cao, V Leung, C Chow… - IEEE Communications …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A wireless body area network is a radio-frequency-based wireless networking technology
that interconnects tiny nodes with sensor or actuator capabilities in, on, or around a human …

To hop or not to hop: Network architecture for body sensor networks

A Natarajan, B De Silva, KK Yap… - 2009 6th Annual IEEE …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As body sensor networks (BSNs) advance to fulfill the promise of continuous, non-intrusive,
remote monitoring of patients, it is important that we achieve efficient communication …

A robust protocol stack for multi-hop wireless body area networks with transmit power adaptation

M Nabi, T Basten, M Geilen, M Blagojevic… - Proceedings of the fifth …, 2010 - dl.acm.org
Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) have characteristic properties that should be
considered for designing a proper network architecture. Movement of on-body sensors, low …

Wireless technologies for body area networks: Characteristics and challenges

S Movassaghi, P Arab… - … on Communications and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Body Area Networks (BANs) are an exciting new networking technology expected to cause a
dramatic shift on the way people think and manage their health and the way they benefit …

Advances and challenges of wireless body area networks for healthcare applications

CA Chin, GV Crosby, T Ghosh… - 2012 International …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The term wireless body area network (WBAN) is used to describe a network of devices
connected wirelessly for communication on, in and near the body. In this paper, we survey …

A review of wireless body area networks for medical applications

S Ullah, P Khan, N Ullah, S Saleem, H Higgins… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2010 - arxiv.org
Recent advances in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology, integrated
circuits, and wireless communication have allowed the realization of Wireless Body Area …