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This paper is focused on understanding the impact of interference in wearable wireless body-to-body networks (BBN). We have presented and compared two non-collaborative schemes (i.e., Time-shared and channel hopping) and one collaborative technique (i.e., CSMA/CA). For the performance evaluation, different metrics such as packet error rate (PER), packet reception ratio (PRR), energy consumption and latency are considered. In order to have accurate evaluation, a comprehensive and realistic simulation framework and cross-layered based system models are developed in a network simulator. Finally, the results show that, for non-collaborative channel hopping approach outperforms the time shared scheme in all the metrics especially even at lowest transmission power. Whereas, CSMA/CA approach performs much better in terms of delay as well as PRR, however, it is costly in terms of energy consumption.
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Alam, M.M., Ben Hamida, E. (2015). Interference Mitigation and Coexistence Strategies in IEEE 802.15.6 Based Wearable Body-to-Body Networks. In: Weichold, M., Hamdi, M., Shakir, M., Abdallah, M., Karagiannidis, G., Ismail, M. (eds) Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks. CrownCom 2015. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 156. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24540-9_55
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