A review of routing protocols in wireless body area networks

Movassaghi, S; Abolhasan, M; Lipman, J

A review of routing protocols in wireless body area networks

Movassaghi, S Abolhasan, M

Lipman, J

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Citation:: Journal of Networks, 2013, 8 (3), pp. 559 - 575
Issue Date:: 2013-04-08

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dc.contributor.author	Movassaghi, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Abolhasan, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4282-6666	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lipman, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2877-1168	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-04-08	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Networks, 2013, 8 (3), pp. 559 - 575	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1796-2056	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/27610
dc.description.abstract	Recent technological advancements in wireless communication, integrated circuits and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMs) has enabled miniaturized, low-power, intelligent, invasive/ non-invasive micro and nano-technology sensor nodes placed in or on the human body for use in monitoring body function and its immediate environment referred to as Body Area Networks (BANs). BANs face many stringent requirements in terms of delay, power, temperature and network lifetime which need to be taken into serious consideration in the design of different protocols. Since routing protocols play an important role in the overall system performance in terms of delay, power consumption, temperature and so on, a thorough study on existing routing protocols in BANs is necessary. Also, the specific challenges of BANs necessitates the design of new routing protocols specifically designed for BANs. This paper provides a survey of existing routing protocols mainly proposed for BANs. These protocols are further classified into five main categories namely, temperature based, cross-layer, cluster based, cost-effective and QoS-based routing, where each protocol is described under its specified category. Also, comparison among routing protocols in each category is given. © 2013 ACADEMY PUBLISHER.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Networks	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.4304/jnw.8.3.559-575	en_US
dc.title	A review of routing protocols in wireless body area networks	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	8	en_US
utslib.for	0805 Distributed Computing	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Electrical and Data Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CRIN - Realtime Information Networks
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - GBDTC - Global Big Data Technologies
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pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	8	en_US

Abstract:

Recent technological advancements in wireless communication, integrated circuits and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMs) has enabled miniaturized, low-power, intelligent, invasive/ non-invasive micro and nano-technology sensor nodes placed in or on the human body for use in monitoring body function and its immediate environment referred to as Body Area Networks (BANs). BANs face many stringent requirements in terms of delay, power, temperature and network lifetime which need to be taken into serious consideration in the design of different protocols. Since routing protocols play an important role in the overall system performance in terms of delay, power consumption, temperature and so on, a thorough study on existing routing protocols in BANs is necessary. Also, the specific challenges of BANs necessitates the design of new routing protocols specifically designed for BANs. This paper provides a survey of existing routing protocols mainly proposed for BANs. These protocols are further classified into five main categories namely, temperature based, cross-layer, cluster based, cost-effective and QoS-based routing, where each protocol is described under its specified category. Also, comparison among routing protocols in each category is given. © 2013 ACADEMY PUBLISHER.

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