A survey of routing protocols in wireless body sensor networks

Wireless Body Sensor Networks (WBSNs) constitute a subset of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) responsible for monitoring vital sign-related data of patients and accordingly route this data towards a sink. In routing sensed data towards sinks, WBSNs face some of the same routing challenges as general...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2014-01, Vol.14 (1), p.1322-1357
Main Authors: Bangash, Javed Iqbal, Abdullah, Abdul Hanan, Anisi, Mohammad Hossein, Khan, Abdul Waheed
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Biosensing Techniques
Computer Communication Networks
Computer networks
Data Collection
Humans
Literature reviews
Monitoring
Networks
Patients
Remote sensors
Review
Routing (telecommunications)
routing protocols
Sensors
Telemetry - methods
Wireless Body Sensor Networks
Wireless networks
Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless Technology
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Summary:Wireless Body Sensor Networks (WBSNs) constitute a subset of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) responsible for monitoring vital sign-related data of patients and accordingly route this data towards a sink. In routing sensed data towards sinks, WBSNs face some of the same routing challenges as general WSNs, but the unique requirements of WBSNs impose some more constraints that need to be addressed by the routing mechanisms. This paper identifies various issues and challenges in pursuit of effective routing in WBSNs. Furthermore, it provides a detailed literature review of the various existing routing protocols used in the WBSN domain by discussing their strengths and weaknesses.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s140101322