Body sensor networks (BSNs) are playing a crucial role in tackling arising challenges during
the COVID-19 pandemic. This work contributes by modeling and analyzing the BSN …

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 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 …

Body Sensor Networks (BSNs) have been developed to provide real-time, ubiquitous health
monitoring and diagnosis for human beings. Due to their life-critical applications, it is …

A wireless body area network (WBAN) is a network of low-power devices including smart
sensors situated in, on, or around the human body to monitor the physiological and motion …

This paper considers correlated, probabilistic competing failures in the reliability analysis of
relay-assisted wireless body area networks (WBANs). Particularly failure competitions exist …

ABSTRACT In the Internet of Things (IoT) system, relay communication is widely used to
solve the problem of energy loss in long-distance transmission and improve transmission …

Reliability is a critical design parameter in wireless body area networks (WBANs). In this
study, the authors quantify the reliability of WBAN based on the network lifetime, and derive …

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 …

Body sensor networks (BSNs) are an emerging class of medical cyber-physical systems
which have the potential to change the healthcare paradigm. However, they present many …