Medical Body Area Network, Architectural Design and Challenges: A Survey

Improved QoS Aware Routing Protocol (IM-QRP) for WBAN Based Healthcare Monitoring System

“…Energy efficient routing schemes provide an optimal mechanism to maintain a suitable route to transfer the data among WBAN [6,30] . Routing protocols used in WSN cannot be directly used in WBAN due to the communication of sensor nodes on human body [10]. WBAN devices are most frequently used in indoor hospital environments, especially for remote patient monitoring [31,32].…”

“…WBAN devices are most frequently used in indoor hospital environments, especially for remote patient monitoring [31,32]. The patient healthcare monitoring is also based on mobility management model [33], that is used to maintain the record of patients moving in hospital environments [10]. In WBAN framework network communication range is used to achieve maximum connectivity, coverage and network lifetime [34].…”

“…To design secure and low power consumption protocol in WBAN application is the key fundamental challenge. IEEE 802.15.4 standard is the reliable and secure technology for WBAN communication, that is most suitable for hospitals and healthcare institutions [10]. A QoS aware routing protocol for data transfer in emergency is the key factor to be considered as motivation for this research work.…”

“…WBAN can improve the patient health conditions through tracking [9] and by providing effective and quality healthcare procedures and services [8] including the control of home appliances inside the smart homes. Moreover, also plays role in accessing remote patient medical data and emergency communication in case of critical situation [10]. Continuous monitoring of the health status of a patient by using wearable and implanted sensor nodes will increase early detection of diseases in patients who are at risk and provide a wide range of healthcare services for chronically ill patients at home or hospitals [11].…”