Title :
A Performance Evaluation of Cooperative Schemes for On-Body Area Networks Based on Measured Time-Variant Channels
Author :
D´Errico, Raffaele ; Rosini, Ramona ; Maman, Mickael
Author_Institution :
LETI, CEA, Grenoble, France
Abstract :
In this paper we present a performance evaluation of cooperative approaches in Body Area Networks (BANs). A full-mesh topology of the on-body network is considered. The performance analysis, in terms of Packet Error Rate (PER), is based on measured time-variant channels at 2.45 GHz. Relaying schemes have been addressed to improve the robustness of the communication between two on-body nodes, then they are compared to better understand their effective usefulness.
Keywords :
body area networks; cooperative communication; diversity reception; performance evaluation; telecommunication network topology; time-varying channels; body area networks; cooperative schemes; mesh topology; packet error rate; performance evaluation; relaying schemes; time-variant channels; Body area networks; Fading; Hip; Humans; Peer to peer computing; Relays; Shadow mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Communications (ICC), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-232-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-3607
DOI :
10.1109/icc.2011.5962980
