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The Prospect of Energy-Harvesting Technologies for Healthcare Wireless Sensor Networks

Yen Kheng Tan

CONTENTS

Motivation for Healthcare WSNs

Architecture of WSNs

The Protocol Stack of a WSN

The Wireless Sensor Nodes of the WSN

Problems in Powering Wireless Sensor Nodes

High Power Consumption of Sensor Nodes

Limits on Energy Sources for Sensor Nodes

Energy-Harvesting Solutions for Wireless Sensor Nodes

Overview of Energy Harvesting

Review of Past Works on EH Systems

Solar EH Systems

Thermal EH Systems

Vibration EH Systems

Wind EH Systems

Prospect of EH Technologies for Healthcare WSNs

Case Study: TEH from Human Warmth for WBANs in a Medical Healthcare System (Hoang, Tan, Chng, and Panda 2009)

TEH Structure with TEG

Power Management ...

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