The Tactile Internet promises new applications and services that harness real-time human-
machine interactions to revolutionize our everyday life. Its realization however, necessitates …

Nowadays, remote healthcare monitoring systems (RHMS) are attracting patients, doctors
and caregivers. RHMS reduces the number of unessential hospitalizations by providing the …

In the current paper, we present a comparative analysis of the wireless standards IEEE
802.15. 4 and IEEE 802.15. 6 over a WBAN healthcare monitoring system based on the …

The smart body area network (SmartBAN) is a recently proposed system for wireless body
area networks (WBANs). Compared to conventional WBANs, it is designed to support lower …

This article investigates the sensor selection problem for remote state estimation. A set of
sensors measures a process's state and sends the measurements to a remote estimator …

In anticipation of future ubiquitously-connected healthcare services with stringent delay
requirements, we outline the main characteristics, design challenges and existing open …

Motivated by the increasing need for improved healthcare solutions, wireless body area
networks (WBANs) have shown their great potential in revolutionizing the next generation …

Monitoring the physical condition of patients is a major errand for specialists. The
development of wireless remote elderly patient monitoring system has been intensive in the …

COVID‐19 patients have been admitted to hospitals based on the reports of clinical
symptoms associated with pulmonary disease identification. Medical Informatics has …

Reliability and timeliness are two extremely important factors in Wireless Body Area
Networks (WBANs) that make the design of MAC protocols a challenging task. Indeed, with …