TY - JOUR
T1 - Wireless body area networks for healthcare applications
T2 - An overview
AU - Anwar, Muhammad
AU - Abdullah, Abdul Hanan
AU - Qureshi, Kashif Naseer
AU - Majid, Abdul Hakeem
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Healthcare systems have been facing various new challenges due to increasing and rising aging population in healthcare. Advance information and communication technologies have introduced Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) for healthcare systems. WBANs provide different monitoring services in healthcare sector for monitoring their patients with more convenience. WBANs are economical solutions and non-invasive technology for healthcare applications. This review paper provides a comprehensive review on WBANs applications, services and recent challenges.
AB - Healthcare systems have been facing various new challenges due to increasing and rising aging population in healthcare. Advance information and communication technologies have introduced Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) for healthcare systems. WBANs provide different monitoring services in healthcare sector for monitoring their patients with more convenience. WBANs are economical solutions and non-invasive technology for healthcare applications. This review paper provides a comprehensive review on WBANs applications, services and recent challenges.
KW - Healthcare applications
KW - Services
KW - Telemedicine
KW - WBANs
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85031680243&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.12928/TELKOMNIKA.v15i3.5793
DO - 10.12928/TELKOMNIKA.v15i3.5793
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85031680243
SN - 1693-6930
VL - 15
SP - 1088
EP - 1095
JO - Telkomnika (Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control)
JF - Telkomnika (Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control)
IS - 3
ER -