Title :
Demonstrating on-demand listening and data forwarding in wireless body area networks
Author :
Nabi, Majid ; Geilen, Marc ; Basten, Twan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
Adaptation of the network architecture through on-demand data forwarding is an efficient mechanism to provide robustness against long outages in WBANs. We developed an experimental testbed that provides online observation of the network behavior for different data propagation approaches in WBANs. The demonstration shows how different approaches deal with special challenges in WBANs such as low quality of wireless links, topology variations due to posture changes, and mobility. Moreover, sensor nodes can be configured online to investigate how different protocols react in various situations.
Keywords :
body area networks; mobility management (mobile radio); telecommunication network topology; data forwarding; data propagation approach; mobility; on-demand listening; online observation; protocols; sensor nodes; topology variations; wireless body area networks; wireless links; Ad hoc networks; Logic gates; Protocols; Robustness; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
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.2012.6275849
