IEICE Transactions on Communications
Online ISSN : 1745-1345
Print ISSN : 0916-8516
Special Section on Information Communication Technology for Highly Reliable Human Health Care Services
Energy-Efficient Flexible Beacon Scheduling Mechanism for Cluster-Tree Healthcare Systems
Haoru SUHeungwoo NAMSunshin AN
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2011 Volume E94.B Issue 9 Pages 2480-2483

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An Energy-efficient Flexible Beacon Scheduling (EFBS) mechanism is proposed to solve the beacon collision problem in cluster-tree healthcare systems. In EFBS, after clustering, BAN Coordinators perform power control. Then they are divided into groups and each group is assigned one contention-free time-slot. The duration of the beacon-only period is flexible. According to the simulation results, EFBS provides better performance than other beacon scheduling approaches.

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