Research Article

Lightweight and Secure Three-Factor Authentication Scheme for Remote Patient Monitoring Using On-Body Wireless Networks

Table 6

Comparison of communication overheads between our scheme and other schemes.

Scheme Messages required Total Bits

Scheme [4]4 messages2592 bits
Scheme [5]4 messages2272 bits
Scheme [6]4 messages2016 bits
Scheme [8]3 messages1728 bits
Scheme [14]4 messages1312 bits
Scheme [15]3 messages1504 bits
our scheme5 messages1824 bits