Author : Irwa Zahoor, Najma Farooq, Sandip Mandal, and Shoaib Mohamad Khan

Wireless Medical Sensor Networks (WMSNs) have emerged as the most reliable technology for implementing a pervasive paradigm, facilitating doctor to patient efficiency and improving the quality of life. Sensor devices have invaded the medical domain over a recent past with wide range of capability. WSN for healthcare enable remote patient monitoring, timely exchange of health information, reminders and support thereby extending the reach of healthcare assistance anywhere, anytime. Our proposed scheme is to design an autonomic WMSN in such a way that it meets the requirements of various applications like sensed quantities, nodes autonomy, energy efficiency and reliable transmissions. The focus of the paper is on the overall network efficiency since low energy consumption, increased throughput and reliable transmission are the prerequisites for providing robust, reliable and long-lasting unhindered operations in healthcare.

Keywords: Wireless Medical Sensor Networks (WMSNs), Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), Healthcare Monitoring, Autonomic System.

Article published in International Journal of Current  Engineering  and Technology, Vol.4,No.3 (June- 2014)