scholarly journals In Search of the Lost Nodes in BANs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Costas Michaelides ◽  
Maria Iloridou ◽  
Foteini-Niovi Pavlidou
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
Path Loss ◽  
Body Area Networks ◽  
Ieee 802.15.6 ◽  
Body Area ◽  
Weak Signals ◽  
Safety Regulations

Communication in Body Area Networks (BANs) involves extremely weak signals because of safety regulations. Human mobility adds one more layer of complexity as it has an effect on path loss depending on the activity. In this paper, we improve the quality of service (QoS) by searching for the lost nodes. Specifically, an Emergency Phase (EP) is added after RAP1 of IEEE 802.15.6-2012 superframe. The connected nodes transmit rescue beacons to reach distressed nodes, i.e. nodes that are disconnected. If a distressed node receives a rescue beacon, it participates in the current EP. The packets are buffered and relayed to the hub by the connected nodes. Our results show that when EP is enabled it is feasible to reach more nodes.

scholarly journals In Search of the Lost Nodes in BANs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Costas Michaelides ◽  
Maria Iloridou ◽  
Foteini-Niovi Pavlidou
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
Path Loss ◽  
Body Area Networks ◽  
Ieee 802.15.6 ◽  
Body Area ◽  
Weak Signals ◽  
Safety Regulations

Communication in Body Area Networks (BANs) involves extremely weak signals because of safety regulations. Human mobility adds one more layer of complexity as it has an effect on path loss depending on the activity. In this paper, we improve the quality of service (QoS) by searching for the lost nodes. Specifically, an Emergency Phase (EP) is added after RAP1 of IEEE 802.15.6-2012 superframe. The connected nodes transmit rescue beacons to reach distressed nodes, i.e. nodes that are disconnected. If a distressed node receives a rescue beacon, it participates in the current EP. The packets are buffered and relayed to the hub by the connected nodes. Our results show that when EP is enabled it is feasible to reach more nodes.

scholarly journals An Improved Mobility Aware Relaying Scheme for Body Area Networks

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Costas Michaelides ◽  
Maria Iloridou ◽  
Foteini-Niovi Pavlidou
Keyword(s):  
Random Access ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Body Area Networks ◽  
Ieee 802.15.6 ◽  
Body Area ◽  
Star Topology ◽  
Packet Delivery ◽  
Safety Regulations ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
To Receive

Communication in Body Area Networks (BANs) involves weak signals, due to safety regulations, huge pathloss from the absorption and usually high mobility. In this work, we introduce an improved mobility aware relaying scheme for BANs, as an alternative to the two-hop star topology extension of IEEE 802.15.6-2012, in order to enhance packet delivery. Specifically, an emergency phase (EP) is added after the regular random access phase (RAP1) of the superframe and the connected nodes transmit rescue beacons to reach disconnected nodes. When a disconnected node receives a rescue beacon, it participates in the current EP. The packets are buffered and relayed to the hub by the connected nodes. Simulation results show that it is feasible to receive more packets compared to the standard with a justified increase of energy consumption due to random access which is compensated with increased packet delivery.

scholarly journals An Improved Mobility Aware Relaying Scheme for Body Area Networks

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Costas Michaelides ◽  
Maria Iloridou ◽  
Foteini-Niovi Pavlidou
Keyword(s):  
Random Access ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Body Area Networks ◽  
Ieee 802.15.6 ◽  
Body Area ◽  
Star Topology ◽  
Packet Delivery ◽  
Safety Regulations ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
To Receive

Communication in Body Area Networks (BANs) involves weak signals, due to safety regulations, huge pathloss from the absorption and usually high mobility. In this work, we introduce an improved mobility aware relaying scheme for BANs, as an alternative to the two-hop star topology extension of IEEE 802.15.6-2012, in order to enhance packet delivery. Specifically, an emergency phase (EP) is added after the regular random access phase (RAP1) of the superframe and the connected nodes transmit rescue beacons to reach disconnected nodes. When a disconnected node receives a rescue beacon, it participates in the current EP. The packets are buffered and relayed to the hub by the connected nodes. Simulation results show that it is feasible to receive more packets compared to the standard with a justified increase of energy consumption due to random access which is compensated with increased packet delivery.

Reliability and Quality of Service Issues in Wireless Body Area Networks: A Survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kefa G. Mkongwa ◽  
◽  
Qingling Liu ◽  
Chaozhu Zhang ◽  
Faizan A. Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Body Area Networks ◽  
Wireless Body Area Networks ◽  
Body Area
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