Advances in Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN): Real-Time and Reliable Communications

Dear Colleagues,

Wireless body area networks (WBANs) can be seen as wireless networks in and around the human body. A WBAN combines the study of medical, non-medical fields, and communication technologies. WBAN has received increasing attention and has been widely researched due to its potential use in medical and non-medical applications. As a WBAN is around the human body, the communication distance between devices in a WBAN is short, typically a few meters. A WBAN is realized through the integration of different sensor and actuator nodes (usually battery-operated) and communication technologies to allow interconnection in and around the human body. In recent years, there have been remarkable developments in WBANs due to the growth in the use of wearable, implantable sensors, and the associated communication technologies. WBANs platforms are anticipated to transform healthcare services and quality of life by providing real-time interactions between physicians and patients, but this comes with some challenges.

This Special Issue is dedicated to publishing novel contributions from researchers around the world on the realization of real-time and reliable WBANs for various medical and non-medical applications. These contributions will address major challenges including energy harvesting, communications reliability, human body communications, wireless routing protocols, data security, data privacy, ICT ethical issues, wearable health monitoring, cloud computing, IoT, and machine learning in WBANs, to name a few. We therefore welcome researchers, academics, and industry experts who work in WBANs and the related fields to consider submitting original high-quality papers or comprehensive review papers to this Special Issue.

This Special Issue is supported by Electronics Mentor Program. The mentor program intends to provide an opportunity for early career scientists to enhance their editing, networking, and organizational skills and to work closely with our journal to gain more editorial experience. Early career scientists who have novel ideas for new Special Issues of Electronics (ISSN: 2079-9292) will act as Guest Editors under the mentorship of an experienced scientist; this mentor could be a member of the Electronics Editorial Board or may be from other well-established research institutes or laboratories, etc.

Dr. Rajan Kadel
Prof. Dr. Tony Jan
Prof. Dr. Paul Kwan
Guest Editors

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