• DocumentCode
    1352601
  • Title

    Addressing Schemes for Body Area Networks

  • Author

    Movassaghi, Samaneh ; Abolhasan, Mehran ; Lipman, Justin

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Commun. & Comput., Univ. of Technol., Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    12/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1310
  • Lastpage
    1313
  • Abstract
    This letter explores address allocation in Body Area Networks (BANs) and proposes two novel schemes - Optimized Prophet Address Allocation (OPAA) and Hierarchical Collision-free Address Protocol (HCAP). The aim of the schemes is to use fewer bits in the address space, solve address wastage problems, reduce collisions and improve power efficiency. The usability and efficiency of the proposed schemes is shown through simulation and analysis.
  • Keywords
    body area networks; optimisation; protocols; address wastage problem; body area network; collision reduction; hierarchical collision-free address protocol; optimized prophet address allocation; power efficiency; Body area networks; Network topology; Optimization; Power demand; Protocols; Resource management; Wireless sensor networks; Address allocation; BAN; body area networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2011.101211.111509
  • Filename
    6051401