Abstract
Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) is a collection of wireless sensor nodes which can be placed within the body or outside the body of a human or a living person which in result observes or monitors the functionality and adjoining situations of the body. Utilizing a Wireless Body Area Network, the patient encounters a greater physical versatility and is never again constrained to remain in the hospital. As the Wireless Body Area Network sensor devices is being utilized for gathering the sensitive data and possibly will run into antagonistic situations, they require complicated and very secure security medium or structure to avoid the vitriolic communications within the system. These devices represent various security and privacy protection of touchy and private patient medical data. The medical records of patients are a significant and an unsolved situation due to which a changing or exploitation to the system is possible. In this research paper, we first present an overview of WBAN, how they utilized for healthcare monitoring, its architecture then highlight major security and privacy requirements and assaults at different network layer in a WBAN and we finally talk about various cryptographic algorithms and laws for providing solution of security and privacy in WBAN.
Highlights
Recent improvement in wireless technologies and ICT frameworks are empowering the health care segment to effectively and efficiently control and provide a variety of solution and health services
Wireless Body Area Networks supporting healthcare applications are in early development stage yet offer significant commitments at monitoring, diagnostic, or therapeutic levels
As the Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) sensor devices is being utilized for gathering the sensitive data and possibly will run into antagonistic situations, they require complicated and very secure security medium or structure to avoid the vitriolic communications within the system
Summary
Recent improvement in wireless technologies and ICT (information and communication technology) frameworks are empowering the health care segment to effectively and efficiently control and provide a variety of solution and health services. A WBAN make use of litter sensor and display medical related information on screens by means of WIFI transmission. Sensor collect patient related data, transfer it to cloud using different technology, this data or information is used by doctor, etc. A wireless body area network has generally two types of nodes i.e. wearable and implantable nodes which work at different frequencies.
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