Critical Data Delivery Using TOPSIS in Wireless Body Area Networks

Abstract

Technology development in the Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) has paved the way for body area network for remote health monitoring. For this purpose, a message or a data packet should be transmitted from the patient to the medical evaluator without any loss. In this work, Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) algorithm is implemented for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN) to deliver the message, based on the criticality of the patient. Finally, we compare the results for both the real-time data and the simulated (random) values in terms of packet-size forwarding for different parameters such as Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR), Delay and Throughput. The result shows better performance in the real time value by using TOPSIS scheme in the WBAN. By improving the quality of service in body area networks, health monitoring system can be automated with good performance.

Wearable Wireless Body Area Networks for Medical Applications

“…The current IEEE 802.15.6 standard for WBAN technologies was published in 2012, and it is “a standard for short-range wireless communication devices” located near or within the human body (although it may not be limited to just human beings). WBAN technologies use existing industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) bands, as well as the different frequency bands endorsed by local doctors or regulatory authorities [ 3 ]. This standard considers the effects on portable antennas owing to the presence of a human being (this varies depending on whether it is a man, a woman, whether they are tall, or thin), and the radiation patterns required to reduce specific absorption rates (SAR) in the body and changes from characteristic personal movements.…”

PAP: Priority Aware Protocol for Healthcare Applications in Wireless Body Area Network

“…Deepak et al [15] basically optimize the packet size for energy efficient cooperative wireless body area network. The authors of [16] focused on the delivery of the critical data using TOPSIS. Rezaee et al [17] proposed a Healthcare aware optimized congestion avoidance (HOCA) protocol for the wireless sensor networks that avoids the congestion due to lot of data packets at periodic interval.…”