Title :
Noise Filtering, Channel Modeling and Energy Utilization in Wireless Body Area Networks
Author :
Manzoor, B. ; Javaid, N. ; Bibi, A. ; Khan, Z.A. ; Tahir, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., COMSATS Inst. of Inf. Technol., Islamabad, Pakistan
Abstract :
Constant monitoring of patients without disturbing their daily activities can be achieved through mobile networks. Sensor nodes distributed in a home environment to provide home assistance gives concept of Wireless Wearable Body Area Networks. Gathering useful information and its transmission to the required destination may face several problems. In this paper we figure out different issues and discuss their possible solutions in order to obtain an optimized infrastructure for the care of elderly people. Different channel models along with their characteristics, noise filtering in different equalization techniques, energy consumption and effect of different impairments have been discussed in our paper. The novelty of this work is that we highlighted multiple issues along with their possible solutions that a BAN infrastructure is still facing.
Keywords :
body area networks; energy consumption; equalisers; filtering theory; mobile radio; optimisation; patient monitoring; wireless channels; wireless sensor networks; WBAN; channel modeling; constant patient monitoring; energy consumption; energy utilization; equalization; mobile network; noise filtering; optimisation; sensor node distrbution; wireless wearable body area network; Channel models; Modulation; Multiuser detection; Noise; Receivers; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Area; Body; Care; Health; Monitoring; Networks; Sensor; Wireless;
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Computing and Communication & 2012 IEEE 9th International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (HPCC-ICESS), 2012 IEEE 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Liverpool
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2164-8
DOI :
10.1109/HPCC.2012.264