IEEE Access Special Section Editorial: Body Area Networks For Interdisciplinary Research

Recent advancements in integrated circuits, wireless communication, and MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) technology has enabled low power, nano-technology wireless sensor nodes strategically deployed on the human body to be used by different applications, such as health monitoring, assisted living, and telemedicine. This new area of research is known as Body Area Networks (BANs)
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. BAN applications cover a wide area such as sports, entertainment, military, ubiquitous health care, and many other areas. BAN has multiple opportunities of interdisciplinary research where researchers from different areas of science and technology jointly put their efforts to improve the human body monitoring and performance. Due to these joint efforts, BAN is now evolving into Body Area Nano Networks (BANNs) as well
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. The BANNs are further extended with Internet of Nano Things and Internet of Bio-Nano Things technologies.