Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks for Wearable Health Monitoring: Technology Trends and Future Research Opportunities

Abstract

Today, there is an emerging interest in Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks (WBASNs) for the real-time monitoring of patients and early chronic disease detection. In this context, this paper presents a synopsis survey of healthcare monitoring via the IEEE 802.15.6 (UWB) protocol. We intend to propose a survey of the current issues of wearable physiological monitoring signals and devices, application areas, and reliability in WBASNs. To help elderly and disabled people, it would be beneficial to use a wireless transportable gadget at home to gather useful data in traditional human activities. This will manage regular hospital and emergency department appointments and will monitor crucial physiological signals realtime. This paper will also present a study on new wireless technologies intended for body area sensor networks, including signal processing problems, spectral allocation, security, and future research challenges of WBASNs.

Advancing Public Health Monitoring through Secure and Efficient Wearable Technology

“…These devices utilize wireless technologies such as 3G/4G/5G and WLAN to transmit data from the sensors to the terminal center, which represents the third tier of communication. Beyond WBAN, this terminal center typically consists of cloud servers where the collected data is stored and analyzed for various purposes including monitoring and diagnosis [17,18].…”