IEICE Transactions on Communications
Online ISSN : 1745-1345
Print ISSN : 0916-8516
Special Section on Information and Communication Technology for Wellness and Medical Applications
A Dynamic CFP Allocation and Opportunity Contention-Based WBAN MAC Protocol
Young-Sun SEODae-Young KIMJinsung CHO
Author information
JOURNAL RESTRICTED ACCESS

2010 Volume E93.B Issue 4 Pages 850-853

Details
Abstract

WBANs provide communication services in the vicinity of the human body. Since WBANs utilize both MICS frequency band for implant medical applications and ISM frequency band for medical and consumer electronics (CE) applications, MAC protocols in WBAN should be designed considering flexibility between medical and CE applications. In this letter, we identify the requirements of WBAN MAC protocols and propose a WBAN MAC protocol which satisfies the requirements. In order to provide transmission flexibility for various applications, we present the dynamic CFP allocation and opportunity period. Extensive simulation results show that the proposed protocol achieves improved throughput and latency in WBAN environment compared with IEEE 802.15.4.

Content from these authors
© 2010 The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
Previous article Next article
feedback
Top