Distributed Energy-Efficient Clustering and Routing for Wearable IoT Enabled Wireless Body Area Networks

• Published in: IEEE access Vol. 11; p. 1
• Main Authors: Arafat, Muhammad Yeasir, Pan, Sungbum, Bak, EunSang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.01.2023; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Body area networks; cluster head; Clustering; Connectivity; Cooperative control; distributed; Energy efficiency; grey wolf optimization; Internet of Things; Network topology; Nodes; Optimization; Performance measurement; Residual energy; routing; Routing (telecommunications); Routing protocols; two-hop range; Wearable computing; Wearable internet of things; Wearable technology; wireless body area network (WBAN); Wireless communication; Wireless networks

Recently, the wearable internet of things (WIoT) has brought a new dimension of connectivity to wireless body area networks (WBANs). For instance, the WIoT provides valuable functions, such as collecting, analyzing, and transmitting data for real-time health monitoring of medical services. However,...