An enhanced MAC protocol of IEEE 802.15.4 for wireless body area networks

As the demand for personalized service increases, many researchers are interested in the wireless body area network (WBAN) including in-body and on-body communications. This paper provides an enhanced MAC framework based on IEEE 802.15.4 which may be one of the promising technologies for WBAN. The p...

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Main Authors: Cheolhyo Lee, Hyung-Soo Lee, Sangsung Choi
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Body area networks
Data communication
Healthcare
IEEE 802.15.4
MAC
Media Access Protocol
Medical services
Monitoring
WBAN
Wireless communication
Zigbee
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Summary:As the demand for personalized service increases, many researchers are interested in the wireless body area network (WBAN) including in-body and on-body communications. This paper provides an enhanced MAC framework based on IEEE 802.15.4 which may be one of the promising technologies for WBAN. The proposed scheme covers the functions of polling access, emergency transmission, and 2-hop network extension considering in-body and on-body communication environments. Also we set up test environment to operate the proposed MAC scheme.
DOI:10.1109/ICCIT.2010.5711190