EVOLVING FRAMEWORK FOR IOT-BASED ENERGY EFFICIENT WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES

Abstract

The Internet-of-Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices having unique identifiers that enables to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-computer or human-to-human interaction. With the rapid growth in embedded wireless computing devices with high-speed internet connectivity, the Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) for healthcare applications comprises of interconnected several tinypowered, wearable, wireless bio-sensors to provide an effective way of collecting vital health-related data. The emerging paradigm of IoT in smart healthcare system requires a specialized secure framework in order to enable real-time health monitoring, reliable diagnostics, effective treatment processes, and many other related aspects of healthcare system. In this paper, various aspects of energy consumption in IoT-based framework of WSNs for healthcare services are discussed. The framework for IoTbased healthcare network cater to upgraded microcontrollers, IoT gateway devices, various wireless and web technologies for IoT, variety of bio-sensors and data collectors, and secure communication protocols. Techniques to optimize the energy consumption in WSNs have been presented leading to energy efficient framework for WSNs suitable for healthcare systems.