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In this paper, we present a comprehensive study of Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols developed for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). In WBANs, small batteryoperated on-body or implanted biomedical sensor nodes are used to monitor…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-15 A. Rahim , N. Javaid , M. Aslam , Z. Rahman , U. Qasim , Z. A. Khan

In this paper, we propose a new routing protocol for heterogeneous Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks (WBASNs); Mobility-supporting Adaptive Threshold-based Thermal-aware Energy-efficientMulti-hop ProTocol (M-ATTEMPT). A prototype is…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-03-22 N. Javaid , Z. Abbas , M. S. Fareed , Z. A. Khan , N. Alrajeh

Critical and public safety operations require real-time data transfer from the incident area(s) to the distant operations command center going through the evacuation and medical support areas. Any delay in communication may cause…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Dhafer Ben Arbia , Muhammad Mahtab Alam , Rabah Attia , Elyes Hamida

Modern medical wireless systems, such as wireless body area networks (WBANs), are applications of wireless networks that can be used as a tool of data transmission between patients and doctors. Accuracy of data transmission is an important…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-03-08 Eimear Byrne , Akiko Manada , Stevan Marinkovic , Emanuel Popovici

Internet of Things (IoT) have motivated a paradigm shift in the development of various applications such as mobile health. Wireless body area network (WBAN) comprises many low-power devices in, on, or around the human body, which offers a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-02-18 Guofa Cai , Yi Fang , Jinming Wen , Guojun Han , Xiaodong Yang

This paper explores novel strategies to strengthen the security of Hybrid Wireless Body Area Networks (HyWBANs), essential in smart healthcare and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Recognizing the vulnerability of HyWBAN to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-26 Simone Soderi , Mariella Särestöniemi , Syifaul Fuada , Matti Hämäläinen , Marcos Katz , Jari Iinatti

The seamless integration of low-power, miniaturised, invasive/non-invasive lightweight sensor nodes have contributed to the development of a proactive and unobtrusive Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN). A WBAN provides long-term health…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2010-08-03 Sana Ullah , Bin Shen , S. M. Riazul Islam , Pervez Khan , Shahnaz Saleem , Kyung Sup Kwak

Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) enable continuous monitoring of physiological signals for applications ranging from chronic disease management to emergency response. Recent advances in 6G communications, post-quantum cryptography, and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-12 Mohammad Jalili Torkamani , Negin Mahmoudi , Kiana Kiashemshaki

Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN) has emerged as a key technology to provide real-time health monitoring of a patient and diagnose many life threatening diseases. WBAN operates in close vicinity to, on, or inside a human body and supports…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2011-02-22 Kyung Sup Kwak , Sana Ullah , Niamat Ullah

This paper presents a protocol for enhancement of life time of WBAN network as well other protocol related issues such as throughput, path loss, and residual energy. Bio-sensors are used for deployment on human body. Poisson distribution…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Muhammad Mateen Yaqoob , Kulsoom Fatima , Shahab Shamshirband , Amir Mosavi , Waqar Khurshid

Location privacy is one of the major security problems in a Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). An eavesdropper can keep track of the place and time devices are communicating. To make things even worse, the attacker does not have to be…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2011-03-18 Mohammed Mana , Mohammed Feham , Boucif Amar Bensaber

Medical applications have driven many areas of engineering to optimize diagnostic capabilities and convenience. In the near future, wireless body area networks (WBANs) are expected to have widespread impact in medicine. To achieve this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-15 Jihoon Cha , Junil Choi , David J. Love

In the Internet-of-Things (IoT) era, the development of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) and their applications in big data infrastructure has gotten a lot of attention from the medical research community. Since sensor nodes are…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-06-14 Amit Samanta , Tri Gia Nguyen

Intra-body communication (IBC) is a type of Body Area Network (BAN)that utilizes human body as the medium for data transmission. Thelow power requirements of intra-body communication (IBC) as compared to near field electromagnetic waves…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2012-04-09 Abdullah Alshehab , Chiu Tung Wu , Nao Kobayashi , Sikieng Sok , Shigeru Shimamoto

Rapid miniaturization and cost reduction of computing, along with the availability of wearable and implantable physiological sensors have led to the growth of human Body Area Network (BAN) formed by a network of such sensors and computing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-05-19 Shovan Maity , Debayan Das , Shreyas Sen

The fundamental phenomenon widely known as multipath is unavoidable in wireless communication, and affects almost every element of modern wireless communication systems. The impact of multipath on the received signal depends on whether the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-13 Dushyantha A Basnayaka

Wireless body area networks became recently a vast field of investigation. A large amount of research in this field is dedicated to the evaluation of various communication protocols, e.g., broadcast or convergecast, against human body…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-06-13 Bruno Baynat , Gewu Bu , Maria Potop-Butucaru

The main concept of the proposed work is derived from Wireless Body Area network (WBAN). The proposed work employs Raspberry Pi kit as a personal server which logs the health data and it can be accessed by any PDA within the LAN range. In…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-08-17 Praveen B Sarangamath , Kiran A Gupta

Wearable sensors inWireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) provide health and physical activity monitoring. Modern communication systems have extended this monitoring remotely. In this survey, various types of wearable sensors discussed, their…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-15 A. Rehman , M. Mustafa , N. Javaid , U. Qasim , Z. A. Khan

Efficient management of heterogeneous traffic with varying priorities is critical in Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). The priority mechanisms embedded in Media Access Control (MAC) schemes largely govern the performance of WBAN in terms…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-30 Shama Sidiqui , Indrakshi Dey