Application specific study, analysis and classification of body area wireless sensor network applications

The evolution of wearable computing and advances in wearable sensor devices has motivated various applications of Body Area Sensor Networks (BASN). In the last few years body areas sensor networks have emerged as a major type of wireless sensor networks (WSN). This emerging networking technology can be used in various walks of life. A number of surveys have been published on MAC or the physical layer mechanism of BASN but very few have focused on studying it from the application point of view. In this paper, we first review, from literature, existing use of body area sensor network and classify and then its application domain. Within these application domains of BASN, we propose a feasibility of scenarios where BASN can be used for both application and technical aspects. In addition, we classify the use of BASN from literature, based on certain parameters. Finally, we discuss and highlight issues where further research can be conducted in the future. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.