Research challenges in wireless networks of biomedical sensors

By Loren Schwiebert, Sandeep K. S. Gupta, Jennifer Weinmann. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, 2001

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Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications

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Relay sensor placement in wireless sensor networks (2008, methodology): “In this paper, we restrict our consideration to a very impor tant class of wireless sensor networks such as biomedical sensor networks [13][14], in whichthe locations of the sensors are fixed and the placement can be pre-determined .”
The flooding time synchronization protocol (2004, background): “• Monitoring applications: Non-intrusive and non-disruptive environmental monitoring helps biologists to study sensitive wildlife habitats and people with certain medical conditions can receive constant monitoring through sensors [12].”
LC Passive Wireless Sensors Toward a Wireless Sensing Platform: Status, Prospects, and Challenges (2016, background): “This “battery-free” brings two advantages: small size and long lifetime, which makes the LC sensors superior in some certain circumstance such as sealed environment [8], biomedical implants [9], etc.”
VBF: Vector-Based Forwarding Protocol for Underwater Sensor Networks (2006, methodology): “Recently, sensor networks have emerged as a very powerful technique for many applications, including monitoring, measurement, surveillance and control [8], [13], [10], [5], [7].”
PSKA: Usable and Secure Key Agreement Scheme for Body Area Networks (2010, background): “As BANs deal with personal health data, securing them, especially their communication over the wireless link, is very critical (one of the main research challenges in BAN design [ 1 ]).”
The Critical Transmitting Range for Connectivity in Sparse Wireless Ad Hoc Networks (2003, background): “…applications of sensor networks abound, e.g., monitoring of ocean temperature to enable more accurate weather prediction, detection of forest fires occurring in remote areas, and rapid propagation of traffic information from vehicle to vehicle, just to name a few [10], [27], [32], [34], [35].”
Sensor positioning in wireless ad-hoc sensor networks using multidimensional scaling (2004, background): “Many applications with sensor networks are proposed, such as habitat monitoring [7], [11], [19], [31], health caring [2], [27], battle-field surveillance and enemy tracking [8], [16], and environment observation and forecasting [1], [9], [24].”
An overview of the Internet of Things for people with disabilities (2012, background): “This artificial retina (Schwiebert et al., 2001) uses electrical impulses to stimulate the appropriate ganglion cells, which convert these electrical impulses into neurological signals.”
Efficient broadcasting protocols for regular wireless sensor networks (2003, methodology): “Therefore, we should adopt the WSN with regular topology when the condition permits so that more time and power can be conserved, such as deploying WSN to buildings, bridges, flat areas, space vehicles [15], and human body [13].”
Energy-efficient deployment of Intelligent Mobile sensor networks (2005, background): “It can be predetermined when the environment is sufficiently known, in which case, the sensors can be strategically hand placed [2], [19], [22].”
A Survey of Applications of Wireless Sensors and Wireless Sensor Networks (2005, background): “Another medical application refers to human vision restoration [35] by retina prosthesis.”