A Fatigue Measuring Protocol for Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks.
As players and soldiers preform strenuous exercises and do difficult and tiring duties, they are usually the common victims of muscular fatigue. Keeping this in mind, we propose FAtigue MEasurement (FAME) protocol for soccer players and soldiers using in-vivo sensors for Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks (WBASNs). In FAME, we introduce a composite parameter for fatigue measurement by setting a threshold level for each sensor. Whenever, any sensed data exceeds its threshold level, the players or soldiers are declared to be in a state of fatigue. Moreover, we use a vibration pad for the relaxation of fatigued muscles, and then utilize the vibrational energy by means of vibration detection circuit to recharge the in-vivo sensors. The induction circuit achieves about 68 % link efficiency. Simulation results show better performance of the proposed FAME protocol, in the chosen scenarios, as compared to an existing Wireless Soccer Team Monitoring (WSTM) protocol in terms of the selected metrics.
Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
Sana
S
Akram
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan. nadeemjavaid@comsats.edu.pk.
Nadeem
N
Javaid
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
Ashfaq
A
Ahmad
CIS, Higher Colleges of Technology, Fujairah Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Zahoor Ali
ZA
Khan
King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad
M
Imran
Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
Mohsen
M
Guizani
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
Amir
A
Hayat
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
Manzoor
M
Ilahi
D000465:Algorithms; D056352:Athletes; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005221:Fatigue / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel; D058998:Remote Sensing Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012916:Soccer / Q000502:physiology; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D059015:Wireless Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*
Fatigue measurement; Link efficiency; Multiple sinks; Routing; Vibration detection and vibration energy; Voltage gain; Wireless body area sensor networks