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Energy Harvested and Cooperative Enabled Efficient Routing Protocol (EHCRP) for IoT-WBAN
Muhammad Dawood Khan1, Zahid Ullah1, Arshad Ahmad2
1Centre of Excellence in IT, Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.
This study introduces an energy-harvesting, cooperative routing protocol for Internet of Things (IoT) based Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). The proposed EHCRP protocol enhances data transmission efficiency and network lifetime for remote patient monitoring.
Area of Science:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Computer Science
- Network Engineering
Background:
- The health industry is increasingly adopting Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for efficiency and resource optimization.
- Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) offer significant potential for remote patient monitoring, reducing hospital stays and increasing patient productivity.
- Integrating WBANs with IoT presents challenges, particularly in efficient data routing from resource-constrained sensor nodes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To address the limitations of current routing protocols in IoT-based WBANs.
- To propose an Energy Harvested and Cooperative-enabled Efficient Routing Protocol (EHCRP) for enhanced data transmission.
- To improve network lifetime, reduce data duplication, and optimize resource utilization in WBANs.
Main Methods:
- Development of the Energy Harvested and Cooperative-enabled Efficient Routing Protocol (EHCRP).
- Incorporation of multiple routing parameters: residual energy, hop count, node congestion, SNR, and bandwidth.
- Utilizing a path cost estimation function for optimal forwarder node selection.
Main Results:
- The proposed EHCRP protocol demonstrates significant improvements in network lifetime compared to existing methods.
- EHCRP achieves higher network throughput and reduces end-to-end delay.
- The protocol ensures reliable and efficient multi-hop data transmission in IoT-WBANs.
Conclusions:
- The EHCRP protocol effectively overcomes routing challenges in IoT-WBANs.
- The proposed mechanism enhances the overall performance and reliability of remote health monitoring systems.
- This advancement contributes to the efficient integration of WBANs and IoT in healthcare.
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