Adaptive-reliable medium access control protocol for wireless body area networks

Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks workshops

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-58

  Rahim, A ^a   Javaid, N ^a   Aslam, M ^a   Qasim, U ^b   Khan, Z A ^c  

^a Department of Electrical Computer Engineering   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION OPERATION; ENERGY MINIMIZATION; HIGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HIGH RELIABILITY; MAC LAYER; MAC LAYER PROTOCOLS; MAC PROTOCOL; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; NEW PROTOCOL; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MESH NETWORKING; SENSOR NODES; SENSORS;

TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 84867941490     PISSN: 21555486     EISSN: 21555494     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SECON.2012.6275829     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. NF. Timmons et al, "An adaptive energy efficient MAC protocol for the medical body area networks," IEEE Wireless VITAE, 2009.
2. H. Li and J. Tan, "Heartbeat-Driven Medium-Access Control for Body Sensor Networks," IEEE TITB, JANUARY, 2010.