doi: 10.18178/ijfcc.2015.4.5.409
Role of Body Area Sensor Networks in Smart Health Care
Neelanjana Basu Roy
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- NIIT University, India.
Abstract
The term “computer” or “PC” has never yieldedanother term “personal”. It is just regarded as a machine withinputs from human beings giving required outputs. However theterm or the budding field of Body Area Networks gives newmeaning or leverage now to the term "personal" in PCs. In short,this wireless technology leverages wireless communicationsprotocols allowing low-powered sensors to communicate withone another and transmit data to a local base station and toremote places like hospitals. This paper on Wireless Body AreaNetworks will present a detailed discussion on the variousapplications of WBANs in smart healthcare systems, its historyof development, advantages, disadvantages and the futureprospect and scenario of this system. We will also highlightproject performed earlier that helped WBANs to providelong-term healthcare monitoring. Our main aim in this paper, isto understand one of the major applications of Body AreaSensor Networks, termed as “Amplifier Ear” which helps peoplesuffering from auditory problems to function properly.
Keywords
- Amplifier ear
- body area network (BAN)
- bodysensor networks (BSNs)
- wireless sensor networks (WSNs)
How to Cite
Neelanjana Basu Roy and Debasis Das, "Role of Body Area Sensor Networks in Smart Health Care," International Journal of Future Computer and Communication, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 320-323, 2015. https://doi.org/ 10.18178/ijfcc.2015.4.5.409
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