Title :
Adaptive-reliable medium access control protocol for wireless body area networks
Author :
Rahim, A. ; Javaid, N. ; Aslam, M. ; Qasim, U. ; Khan, Z.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Inst. of Inf. Technol., Islamabad, Pakistan
Abstract :
Extensive energy is consumed by Transceiver communication operation [1]. Existing research on MAC layer focuses to maximize battery-powered sensor node´s life. Bottleneck of MAC layer protocol design for WBAN is to achieve high reliability and energy minimization. Majority of MAC protocols designed for WBANs are based upon TDMA approach. However, a new protocol needs to be defined to achieve high energy efficiency, fairness and avoid extra energy consumption due to synchronization.
Keywords :
access protocols; body area networks; minimisation; radio transceivers; telecommunication network reliability; time division multiple access; wireless sensor networks; MAC layer protocol design; TDMA approach; WBAN; adaptive-reliable medium access control protocol; battery-powered sensor node life maximization; energy consumption; energy efficiency; energy minimization; reliability; transceiver communication operation; wireless body area network; Energy consumption; Mathematical model; Media Access Protocol; Radio frequency; Switches; Synchronization; Transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), 2012 9th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1904-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2155-5486
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.2012.6275829
