Journal of Computer and Communications, 2017, 5, 53-64 http://www.scirp.org/journal/jcc ISSN Online: 2327-5227 ISSN Print: 2327-5219 DOI: 10.4236/jcc.2017.57006 May 17, 2017 Wireless Body Area Network: An Overview and Various Applications Md. Taslim Arefin 1* , Mohammad Hanif Ali 1 , A. K. M. Fazlul Haque 2 1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2 Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh Abstract Over the past years a booming interest is comprehended in the field of wire- less communication for the development of a monitoring system to observe human vital organs activities remotely. Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) is such network that provides a continuous monitoring over or inside human body for a long period and can support transmission of real time traffic such as data, voice, video to observe the status of vital organs functionalities. In this paper an overview of WBAN technology and its requirements has been nar- rated. The aim of this paper was to offer a suitable and appropriate wireless technology for deploying WBAN. Several suitable short range wireless com- munication technologies that can be adopted in WBAN have also been dis- cussed. Finally numerous applications in the field of medical and non-medical sectors using WBAN technology have been outlined. Keywords WBAN, WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Monitoring Sensors, WBAN Applications 1. Introduction In modern technology wireless communication provides a lot of possibilities to be able to share its information to each other at anytime and anywhere. Intelli- gent mobile communication network and WLAN, WiFi are applied to various sectors such as education; health care service and industry in order to provide people a convenient way to communicate with each other. As the demand of ubiquitous network is increased, the devices for home, office and other informa- tion devices that can communicate wireless in short range have been getting more attention. The standard and technique development of ubiquitous network has rapidly put itself into the world market. Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) is becoming a special application of such technique. WBAN differs How to cite this paper: Arefin, Md.T., Ali, M.H. and Haque, A.K.M.F. (2017) Wireless Body Area Network: An Overview and Various Applications. Journal of Computer and Communications, 5, 53-64. https://doi.org/10.4236/jcc.2017.57006 Received: March 21, 2017 Accepted: May 14, 2017 Published: May 17, 2017 Copyright © 2017 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access