A Wireless Body Area Network architecture for a prosthetic arm

State-of-the-art prosthetics incorporate network communication for both sensing and control, offering various degrees of freedom to amputees. Existing implementations rely on wired networks, which can restrict mobility and are vulnerable to connection wear and tear. Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) are an alternative to wired approaches; they avoid the issues of mobility and connection wear and tear. This study proposes a novel WBAN architecture for a prosthetic arm. The system requirements are based on an existing prototype designed by Johns Hopkins. The proposed architecture is simulated using OMNeT++ in the presence of interference. The delays and packet loss values are shown to be within satisfactory limits, based on a 95% confidence analysis.