Monitoring Quality-of-Life Parameters in Wearable Environments

Abstract

The paper presents a new cross-layer bridge protocol between IEEE 802.15.4, IEEE 11073 and IEEE 802.11 for wearable-enabled health-data aggregation formations. The protocol addresses the new reality as imposed by the recent evolution of sensors and networking in situations where backbone infrastructure is experiencing congestion. We discuss real-life application scenarios of nimble-network formations. The main novelty of the proposed algorithm is that it defines presence as a new way of routing.

Keywords

• wireless-sensor networks (WSNs)
• personalised health (pHealth)
• body area networks
• constrained networks
• wearables