Wireless Body Area Networks

The book provides a comprehensive overview for the latest WBAN systems, technologies, and applications. The chapters of the book have been written by various specialists who are experts in their areas of research and practice. The book starts with the basic techniques involved in designing and building WBAN systems. It explains the deployment issues and then moves into the application areas of WBAN. The remaining chapters focus on the development of hardware, signal processing algorithms, and wireless communication and network design for wearable and implantable body sensors used in WBAN applications. The book also deals with the antenna design, propagation in and around the body, channel modeling, coexistence and power management issues, which are other critical design components for WBAN systems to achieve a successful hospital deployment.

Wireless Patient Monitoring in a Clinical Setting. Real-Time Cardiac Arrhythmias Monitoring. Human Bio-Kinematic Monitoring. Signal Processing In-Node Frameworks for Wireless Body Area Networks. Hardware Developments and Systems for Wireless Body Area Networks. Wireless Body Area Network Implementations for Ambulatory Health Monitoring. Ambulatory Recording of Bio-Potential Signals. Network and Medium Access Control Protocol Design. Power Management in Body Area Networks. Channel Modeling of Narrowband Body Centric Wireless Communications. Antenna Design and Propagation. Coexistence issues. Implanted Wireless Communication. Wireless Power and Data Telemetry for Wearable and Implantable Electronics. Ultra Wideband Wireless Body Area Networks.