An optimization-based GTS allocation scheme for IEEE 802.15.4 MAC with application to wireless body-area sensor networks

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Shrestha, Bharat ^a   Hossain, Ekram ^a   Camorlinga, Sergio ^a,b   Krishnamoorthy, Raja ^c   Niyato, Dusit ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b TRLabs   (Canada)

^c IMT Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Guaranteed time slot (GTS); IEEE 802.15.4; Knapsack problem; Wireless Body area Sensor Network (WiBaSe Net)

Indexed keywords

AREA SENSORS; BAND-WIDTH UTILIZATION; BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENT; DELAY SENSITIVE; GUARANTEED TIME SLOTS; IEEE 802.15.4; IEEE 802.15.4 STANDARDS; KNAPSACK PROBLEMS; PACKET DELIVERY RATIO; SENSOR DEVICE; SIMULATION RESULT; WIRELESS BODY AREA SENSOR NETWORK; WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77955348496     PISSN: 05361486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2010.5502692     Document Type: Conference Paper

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