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Sensors 2011, 11, 4875-4898; doi:10.3390/s110504875 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Review A Survey of System Architecture Requirements for Health Care-Based Wireless Sensor Networks Emeka E. Egbogah * and Abraham O. Fapojuwo Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; E-Mail: fapojuwo@ucalgary.ca * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: emeka.egbogah@ucalgary.ca; Tel.: +1-403-969-0690; Fax: +1-403-220-6855. Received: 10 March 2011; in revised form: 25 April 2011 / Accepted: 28 April 2011 / Published: 3 May 2011 Abstract: Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have emerged as a viable technology for a vast number of applications, including health care applications. To best support these health care applications, WSN technology can be adopted for the design of practical Health Care WSNs (HCWSNs) that support the key system architecture requirements of reliable communication, node mobility support, multicast technology, energy efficiency, and the timely delivery of data. Work in the literature mostly focuses on the physical design of the HCWSNs (e.g., wearable sensors, in vivo embedded sensors, et cetera). However, work towards enhancing the communication layers (i.e., routing, medium access control, et cetera) to improve HCWSN performance is largely lacking. In this paper, the information gleaned from an extensive literature survey is shared in an effort to fortif