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A forwarder based temperature aware routing protocol in wireless body area networks
Journal of Internet Technology
  • Beom Su Kim, Chungnam National University
  • Ki Il Kim, Chungnam National University
  • Babar Shah, Zayed University
  • Sana Ullah, Gyeongsang National University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Abstract

© 2019 Taiwan Academic Network Management Committee. All rights reserved. A Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) allows the seamless integration of miniaturized sensor nodes in or around a human body, which May cause damage to the surrounding body issue due to high temperature. Although various temperature aware routing protocols have been proposed to prevent temperature rise of sensor nodes, most of them accommodate single traffic transmission with no mobility support. We propose a Forwarder based Temperature Aware Routing Protocol (FTAR) that supports multiple traffic transmission for normal and critical data. Normal data is forwarded directly to the sink through forwarding nodes which are selected among mobile nodes attached to the arms and legs, while critical data is forwarded to the sink through static nodes attached to fixed body parts with no mobility. We conduct extensive simulations of FTAR, and conclude that FTAR has good performance in terms of hot spot generation ratio, hot spot duration time, and packet delivery ratio.

Publisher
Taiwan Academic Network Management Committee
Disciplines
Keywords
  • Multiple traffic transmission,
  • Temperature aware routing,
  • Wireless body area networks
Scopus ID
85071730087
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
No
https://doi.org/10.3966/160792642019072004015
Citation Information
Beom Su Kim, Ki Il Kim, Babar Shah and Sana Ullah. "A forwarder based temperature aware routing protocol in wireless body area networks" Journal of Internet Technology Vol. 20 Iss. 4 (2019) p. 1157 - 1166 ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/1607-9264" target="_blank">1607-9264</a>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/babar-shah/3/