Efficient health monitoring networks using secured energy aware (SEA) scheme

Abstract

The volume of healthcare information is rapidly growing. Collecting and securing information gathered through a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is an open challenge. The integrity and confidentiality of the information is to be ensured, failing to do which will lead to fatal consequences. Further, conserving energy is a challenge in WSN. Hence, in this paper a Secured Energy Aware (SEA) scheme is proposed. Only authenticated nodes communicate to the Fusion Centres (FCs) which collect the data and forward to the Sink or other FCs, thus avoiding redundancy. The propounded scheme offers better results in contrast to the existing scheme in terms of Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR), Throughput, Residual Energy, Packet Loss Ratio (PLR) and Routing Overhead.