Impact of sink node position in the human body on the performance of WBAN

Wireless body area networks consisting of various sensor nodes which are deployed on or in the human body to sense the vital sign of the human body. It is used to improve the QoS of life, healthcare applications and remote patient monitoring. Sensor nodes are placed on the human body; they sense the...

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Published in:International journal of computer science and information security 2016-02, Vol.14 (2), p.253-253
Main Authors: Sharma, Raju, Ryait, Hardeep Singh, Gupta, Anuj Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Body parts
Communication
Computer networks
Human body
Networks
Protocol (computers)
Routing (telecommunications)
Sensors
Skin
Stability
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Summary:Wireless body area networks consisting of various sensor nodes which are deployed on or in the human body to sense the vital sign of the human body. It is used to improve the QoS of life, healthcare applications and remote patient monitoring. Sensor nodes are placed on the human body; they sense the signal and send it to sink. Due to the movement of the body parts distance between the sensor node and sink increased or decreased which affect the performance of the network .In these networks routing protocols plays an important role together with position of sink node. Previous research shows that that the best position to place the sink node in the human body is the center of the human body (waist) .This paper analyzes the performance of routing protocol with arm movement by placing sink node at waist and compare these results with the results when the sink node in placed at the center of the network. Parameters used to compare the results are Stability period, Network lifetime, and Packet drop. Results show that stability and network lifetime is increased when the sink node is placed at center of network.
ISSN:1947-5500