Application of Wireless Sensor Networks in Health Care System

Abstract

Recent, advances in wireless networks and electronics have led to the emergence of Wireless Sensor networks (WSNs). WSNs have been considered as one of the most important technologies that can change the future. These networks consist of small battery–powered motes with limited computation and radio communication capabilities. Each sensor in a sensor network consists of three subsystems: the sensor subsystem which senses the environment, the processing subsystem which performs local computations on the sensed data, and the communication subsystem which is responsible for message exchanges with neighboring sensors. WSNs comprise tiny wireless computers that sense, process, and communicate environmental stimuli, including temperature, light, and vibration.