Energy efficiency considerations in software‐defined wireless body area networks

Masood, Fahad; Khan, Wajid Ullah; Alshehri, Mohammed S.; Alsumayt, Albandari; Ahmad, Jawad

Abstract

Wireless body area networks (WBAN) provide remote services for patient monitoring which allows healthcare practitioners to diagnose, monitor, and prescribe them without their physical presence. To address the shortcomings of WBAN, software-defined networking (SDN) is regarded as an effective approach in this prototype. However, integrating SDN into WBAN presents several challenges in terms of safe data exchange, architectural framework, and resource efficiency. Because energy expenses account for a considerable portion of network expenditures, energy efficiency has to turn out to be a crucial design criterion for modern networking methods. However, creating energy-efficient systems is difficult because they must balance energy efficiency with network performance. In this article, the energy efficiency features are discussed that can widely be used in the software-defined wireless body area network (SDWBAN). A comprehensive survey has been carried out for various modern energy efficiency models based on routing algorithms, optimization models, secure data delivery, and traffic management. A comparative assessment of all the models has also been carried out for various parameters. Furthermore, we explore important concerns and future work in SDWBAN energy efficiency.

Citation

Masood, F., Khan, W. U., Alshehri, M. S., Alsumayt, A., & Ahmad, J. (2024). Energy efficiency considerations in software‐defined wireless body area networks. Engineering Reports, 6(3), Article e12841. https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.12841

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Acceptance Date: Dec 27, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jan 21, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024-03
• Deposit Date: Jan 29, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 29, 2024
• Journal: Engineering Reports
• Print ISSN: 2577-8196
• Electronic ISSN: 2577-8196
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 3
• Article Number: e12841
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.12841
• Keywords: body area network, energy efficiency, SDWBAN, software-defined network
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3493845