Effects of access phases lengths on performance of IEEE 802.15.6 CSMA/CA

Computer Networks

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2832-2846

  Rashwand, Saeed ^a   Mišić, Jelena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body area networks; CSMA CA; IEEE 802.15.6; Medium access control protocols; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

BODY AREA NETWORK; CSMA/CA; IEEE 802.15.6; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MODELS; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 84863617787     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2012.04.023     Document Type: Article

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