With the promising applications in e-Health and entertainment services, wireless body area
network (WBAN) has attracted significant interest. One critical challenge for WBAN is to track …

In this paper, we provide a comprehensive survey of recent energy-efficient medium access
control (MAC) protocols for wireless body area networks (WBANs) and presents a …

The wireless body area network (WBAN) has attracted considerable attention. Two main
problems exist in WBANs: 1) the quality of service (QoS) requirements and 2) the energy …

Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN) is a promising low power technology that enables the
communications between body area sensor nodes and a central coordinator. It targets at …

Extensive energy is consumed by Transceiver communication operation [1]. Existing
research on MAC layer focuses to maximize battery-powered sensor node's life. Bottleneck …

Integration of miniature sensors composes a wireless body area network (WBAN), which
enables remote health monitoring. To make this technology widely acceptable in the society …

Low-powered and light-weight sensor nodes will be deployed for e-health services in
wireless body area networks (WBANs). Recently, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic …

Medium access control protocols based on time division multiple access (TDMA) can
improve the reliability and efficiency of wireless body area network (WBAN). However …

Media access control (MAC) plays a pivotal role in ensuring proper operation in wireless
body area networks (WBANs). However, current solutions still cannot satisfy the stringent …

In wireless body area networks (WBANs), various sensors and actuators are placed
on/inside the human body and connected wirelessly. WBANs have specific requirements for …