We investigate the performance of cross-layer optimized routing across distributed wireless
body-to-body networks (BBNs), based on real-life experimental measurements. Two types of …

In this paper, we propose a novel adaptive carrier sense multiple access scheme with
collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) to perform efficient and reliable data transfer with increased …

Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) in recent years have received significant attention, due
to their potential for increasing efficiency in healthcare monitoring. Typical sensors used for …

With the promise of cost effective, unobtrusive, and unsupervised continuous monitoring,
wireless body sensor networks (WBSNs) have attracted a wide range of monitoring …

Routing is one of the main challenges in designing wireless body area networks. Existing
routing protocols exhibit some drawbacks for practical networks: First, insufficient criteria (eg …

As body sensor networks (BSNs) advance to fulfill the promise of continuous, non-intrusive,
remote monitoring of patients, it is important that we achieve efficient communication …

The fabrication of lightweight, ultra-thin, low power and intelligent body-borne sensors leads
to novel advances in wireless body area networks (WBANs). Depending on the placement of …

Wireless Body Sensor Networks (WBSNs) have recently gained a lot of research interests
due to emerging new applications in health-care, sports and entertainment. As the design of …

Global routing protocols in wireless body area networks are considered. Global routing is
augmented with a novel link cost function designed to balance energy consumption across …

This paper presents novel store-and-forward packet routing algorithms for Wireless Body
Area Networks (WBAN) with frequent postural partitioning. A prototype WBAN has been …