Abstract Body Sensor Networks (BSNs) have been developed to provide wearable, real-time
health monitoring systems for many life-critical applications that require a high level of …

Relayed communications are typically used in body sensor networks (BSNs) to improve
reliability and energy efficiency. Particularly, a biosensor communicates with the sink device …

Abstract A Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) is a network of wireless devices that are
used to monitor the health of individuals or provide them with information pertinent to their …

This paper identifies and models competitions between probabilistic isolation effect and
failure propagation effect in reliability analysis of relay-assisted wireless sensor networks …

Function dependence takes place in systems where the malfunction of certain trigger
component (s) causes other system components (referred to as dependent components) to …

A combinatorial system reliability modeling method is proposed to consider the effects of
correlated probabilistic competing failures caused by the probabilistic-functional …

The use of sensor networks (SNs) on the surface or the inside of large-scale components
allows the continuous acquisition of data on the applied loads and their structural integrity. A …

Wireless body area sensor networks (WBASN) is an emerging technology which utilizes
wireless sensor nodes to implement real-time wearable health monitoring of patients to …

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) find application in various fields like environmental
monitoring, health-care, land security, and many more. To ease our day-to-day activity …

A framework is proposed for estimating the lifetime of wireless body area sensor network
(WBASN) using probabilistic analysis and Monte Carlo simulation. WBASN implements real …