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Enhancing Reliability of IEEE 802.15.6 Wireless Body Area Networks in Scheduled Access Mode and Error Prone Channels

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This paper investigates reliability of wireless body area networks based on the IEEE 802.15.6 standard, for the scheduled access mode in an error prone channel. In scheduled access mode, during a time slot that is allocated for communication between a sensor node and the hub, the frame transmission fails if the link is in the deep fade state. To improve reliability of the network, we propose an efficient scheme for packet retransmission. The proposed scheme relies on allocation of spare slots for packet retransmissions in each superframe. We then present analytical models to find the energy efficiency and reliability of the network under the proposed retransmission scheme. Through analytical and simulation results, we establish that the proposed retransmission scheme can significantly improve the reliability of the network in the scheduled access mode, without causing degradation of energy efficiency.

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Deepak, K.S., Babu, A.V. Enhancing Reliability of IEEE 802.15.6 Wireless Body Area Networks in Scheduled Access Mode and Error Prone Channels. Wireless Pers Commun 89, 93–118 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-016-3254-4

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