Highly reliable energy-saving mac for wireless body sensor networks in healthcare systems

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 553-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Begonya Otal ◽  
Luis Alonso ◽  
Christos Verikoukis
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Body Sensor Networks ◽  
Wireless Body Sensor Networks

Towards Easy-to-Use, Safe, and Secure Wireless Medical Body Sensor Networks

2010 ◽  
pp. 159-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Espina ◽  
Heribert Baldus ◽  
Thomas Falck ◽  
Oscar Garcia ◽  
Karin Klabunde
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Building Stone ◽  
Body Sensor Networks ◽  
User Identification ◽  
Pervasive Healthcare ◽  
Wireless Technologies ◽  
Wireless Body Sensor Networks ◽  
Automatic Formation

Wireless body sensor networks (BSNs) are an indispensable building stone for any pervasive healthcare system. Although suitable wireless technologies are available and standardization dedicated to BSN communication has been initiated, the authors identify key challenges in the areas of easy-of-use, safety, and security that hinder a quick adoption of BSNs. To address the identified issues they propose using body-coupled communication (BCC) for the automatic formation of BSNs and for user identification. They also present a lightweight mechanism that enables a transparent security setup for BSNs used in pervasive healthcare systems.

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