Affiliations: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Karunya University, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence:
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Corresponding author: S.R.J. Ramson, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Karunya University, Coimbatore-641 114, Tamil Nadu, India. Tel.: +91 9952320660; E-mail:jino@karunya.edu,jinoramson@gmail.com
Abstract: Recent advances in the field of wireless communication
and networking technologies have led to new advancement that can be
integrated into human, industrial, medical framework and many other areas.
The application of wireless network technologies in the field of medicine is
playing a vital role in providing an active medical care. In recent years,
the people suffering from chronic diseases have to wait in a long queue and
have to be hospitalized for a long time. They have to visit the hospital
frequently which is not possible in emergency situations. As a result,
efforts are taken to avoid the longer days of stay so that the patients can
feel relaxed at their home. In this survey paper, different wireless
networking techniques used for the remote monitoring of the patients
suffering from chronic disease is explored. We classify the different
technologies according to their primary objective and performance. This
paper concludes with the insight for more advanced researches using the
wireless communication technologies.
Keywords: Remote health care, networking technologies
