Position Aware MAC (PA-MAC) Protocol For Wireless Body Area Networks

Saman Shafigh; Tanveer Zia; Nesa Mouzehkesh Pirborj

Position Aware MAC (PA-MAC) Protocol For Wireless Body Area Networks

Saman Shafigh, Tanveer Zia, Nesa Mouzehkesh Pirborj

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In a typical wireless body area network data packet loss is high due to the movement of sensor nodes attached to the body limbs. To address this problem we propose a novel position-aware MAC protocol (PA-MAC) in the wireless body area network which considers the nodes' relative positions to the coordinator when the subject is moving. We modify the 802.15.4 MAC protocol so that sending nodes only transmit the packets when they are in their best relative position to the coordinator to mitigate the effects of path loss and shadowing in areas around the body where they have the least signal strength. The experimental evaluation shows that the proposed method increases the delivery ratio for sample rates below 20p/s as compared to the MAC 802.15.4.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IB2COM
Subtitle of host publication	International conference on Broadband Communications and National Broadband Networks
Editors	Johnson Agbinya
Place of Publication	Australia
Publisher	River Publishers
Pages	49-54
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9780987212917
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	International Conference on Broadband and Biomedical Communications - Sydney, Australia Duration: 05 Feb 2012 → 08 Feb 2012

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Conference	International Conference on Broadband and Biomedical Communications
Country/Territory	Australia
Period	05/02/12 → 08/02/12

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Position Aware MAC (PA-MAC) Protocol For Wireless Body Area Networks. / Shafigh, Saman; Zia, Tanveer; Mouzehkesh Pirborj, Nesa.

IB2COM: International conference on Broadband Communications and National Broadband Networks. ed. / Johnson Agbinya. Australia : River Publishers, 2012. p. 49-54.

Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Conference paper › peer-review

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