- Title
- Network and medium access control protocol design for wireless body area networks
- Creator
- Khan, Jamil Y.
- Relation
- Wireless Body Area Networks: Technology, Implementation and Applications p. 259-294
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.4032/9789814241571
- Publisher
- Pan Stanford Publishing
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- Wireless body area network (WBAN) is considered a specialpurpose sensor network designed to collect and transmit physiological data within a short distance. Physiological sensors could be either implanted or placed external to a human body. A WBAN will generally operate either as a stand-alone personal area network (PAN) or as an interconnected network in telemedicine applications. The network configuration of a WBAN will depend on medical applications. In a WBAN design, the MAC protocol plays a very important role, which determines the QoS (Quality of Service) performance, energy efficiency, and reliability of a network. This chapter introduces the WBAN architecture, MAC protocols, and network design techniques for medical applications. The chapter initially introduces different network topologies followed by fundamental description of MAC protocols and its classifications, and then reviews several WBAN-specific MAC protocols. Following the MAC protocol discussions, the chapter introduces energy management techniques and patient monitoring design techniques. Some simulation results of a WBAN are presented to analyze the performance of a CSMA/CA MAC-based WBAN networks.
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1309094
- Identifier
- uon:21770
- Identifier
- ISBN:9789814316712
- Language
- eng
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