A survey on wireless body area networks: architecture, security challenges and research opportunities.

Hajar, Muhammad Shadi; Al-Kadri, M. Omar; Kalutarage, Harsha Kumara

Abstract

In the era of communication technologies, wireless healthcare networks enable innovative applications to enhance the quality of patients’ lives, provide useful monitoring tools for caregivers, and allows timely intervention. However, due to the sensitive information within the Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs), insecure data violates the patients’ privacy and may consequently lead to improper medical diagnosis and/or treatment. Achieving a high level of security and privacy in WBAN involves various challenges due to its resource limitations and critical applications. In this paper, a comprehensive survey of the WBAN technology is provided, with a particular focus on the security and privacy concerns along with their countermeasures, followed by proposed research directions and open issues.

Citation

HAJAR, M.S., AL-KADRI, M.O. and KALUTARAGE, H.K. 2021. A survey on wireless body area networks: architecture, security challenges and research opportunities. Computers and security [online], 104, article ID 102211. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2021.102211

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 25, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Jan 30, 2021
• Publication Date: May 31, 2021
• Deposit Date: Feb 9, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 31, 2022
• Journal: Computers and security
• Print ISSN: 0167-4048
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 104
• Article Number: 102211
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2021.102211
• Keywords: Wireless body area networks; IEEE 802.15.6; Security; Privacy; Intrusion detection; Trust management; Authentication; Encryption; Integrity; Key establishment; Survey; Attacks
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1168421