EERP-DPM: Energy Efficient Routing Protocol Using Dual Prediction Model for Healthcare Using IoT

Table 2

Detail description of used sensors in EERP-DPM.

Node #	Sensor name	Function	Node location		Position on human body	Deployment
			X-axis (m)	Y-axis (m)
1	EEG sensor	Measures electrical activity of muscles	0.32	1.77	Head front side	On body
2	ECG sensor	Measures electrical activity of heart	0.35	1.37	Chest (left-side)	On body
3			0.22	1.35	Chest (right-side)	On body
4	Glucose sensor	Finds blood glucose level	0.36	1.01	Stomach (left-side)	In body
5			0.35	0.01	Stomach (right-side)	In body
6	Motion sensor	Monitor the physical movement of human body	0.08	1.45	Right-side shoulder	On body
7	EMG sensor	Electrical signal is measured which is produced by human muscles	0.06	0.98	Right hand wrist	On body
8	Blood pressure sensor	Measures human body blood pressure	0.37	1.27	Left hand triceps	On body
9	Pulse oximeter sensor	Measure the amount of oxygen dissolved in blood	0.4	1.01	Left hand wrist	On body
10	Lactic acid sensor	Measure the level of lactate concentrations in blood	0.22	0.91	Right-side thigh	In body
11	Accelerometer/Gyroscope sensor	Monitor and recognize the posture movement of human body	0.45	0.45	Right-side knee	In body
12	Respiration sensor	Device used to measure the breathing rate in a patient	0.15	0.5	Left-side thigh	On body
13	Pressure sensor	Measuring the pressure through the piezoelectric effect of human tissue	0.15	0.45	Left-side lower leg	On body
14			0.25	0.17	Right-side lower leg	On body
15	Relays node 1	Multihop communication	0.3	1.03	Right-side hip	On body
16	Relays node 2		0.09	1.05	Left-side hip	On body
17	Relays node 3		0.23	1.43	Left-side thigh	On body