Energy-efficient MAC Protocol for Patient Personal Area Networks

Lamprinos, Ilias; Prentza, Andriana; Sakka, E.; Koutsouris, Dimitris

doi:10.1109/iembs.2005.1617312

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“…One of the few MAC-protocols for WBANs was proposed by Lamprinos et al [73]. They use a master-slave architecture and, to avoid idle listening, all slaves are locked in the Rx-slot of the master and go in standby at the same time.…”

Section: Wban Specific Protocolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A survey on wireless body area networks

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The increasing use of wireless networks and the constant miniaturization of electrical devices has empowered the development of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). In these networks various sensors are attached on clothing or on the body or even implanted under the skin. The wireless nature of the network and the wide variety of sensors offer numerous new, practical and innovative applications to improve health care and the Quality of Life. The sensors of a WBAN measure for example the heartbeat, the body temperature or record a prolonged electrocardiogram. Using a WBAN, the patient experiences a greater physical mobility and is no longer compelled to stay in the hospital. This paper offers a survey of the concept of Wireless Body Area Networks. First, we focus on some applications with special interest in patient monitoring. Then the communication in a WBAN and its positioning between the different technologies is discussed. An overview of the current research on the physical layer, existing MAC and network protocols is given. Further, cross layer and quality of service is discussed. As WBANs are placed on the human body and often transport private data, security is also considered. An overview of current and past projects is given. Finally, the open research issues and challenges are pointed out.

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A survey on wireless body area networks

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“…The permission-based slot allocation to nodes consume a higher energy with higher delay which degrades the performance of MAC protocol in terms of lower data reliability [66]. These challenging issues are not appropriate for emergency-based nodes whereas they wait for beacons to transmit and receive data.…”

Section: Permission-based Slot Allocationmentioning

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“…and Stand By slot (SB) [66] to transmit the patient's data as shown in Fig. 12 (re-drawn from [66]).…”

Section: The Master Node Uses Transmit Slot (Tx) Receive Slot (Rx) mentioning

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Medium Access Control (MAC) for Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN): Superframe structure, multiple access technique, taxonomy, and challenges

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Abdullah

Kaiwartya

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Hum. Cent. Comput. Inf. Sci.

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Health monitoring using biomedical sensors has witnessed significant attention in recent past due to the evolution of a new research area in sensor network known as Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). In WBANs, a number of implantable, wearable, and off-body biomedical sensors are utilized to monitor various vital signs of patient’s body for early detection, and medication of grave diseases. In literature, a number of Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols for WBANs have been suggested for addressing the unique challenges related to reliability, delay, collision and energy in the new research area. The design of MAC protocols is based on multiple access techniques. Understanding the basis of MAC protocol designs for identifying their design objectives in broader perspective, is a quite challenging task. In this context, this paper qualitatively reviews MAC protocols for WBANs. Firstly, 802.15.4 and 802.15.6 based MAC Superframe structures are investigated focusing on design objectives. Secondly, different multiple access techniques such as TDMA, CSMA/CA, Slotted Aloha and Hybrid are explored in terms of design goals. Thirdly, a two-layered taxonomy is presented for MAC protocols. First layer classification is based on multiple access techniques, whereas second layer classification is based on design objectives and characteristics of MAC protocols. Critical and qualitative analysis is carried out for each considered MAC protocol. Comparative study of different MAC protocols is also performed. Finally, some open research challenges in the area are identified with initial research directions.

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“…Table 1 gives a brief comparative analysis [9]. Obviously, previous WSN designs [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] are not well suited for WBASN applications.…”

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confidence: 99%