Analysis of interference in body area networks over generalized fading

Abstract

Wireless Body Area Networks (BANs) have become one of the most anticipated technologies of the current century due to their application oriented nature. The main objective of this paper is to quantify and analyze the impact of co-channel interference on BANs under generalized fading. Specifically, this paper adopts the cluster based approach to analytically model and derive a closed-form expression for packet error probability under generalized fading channel. Interference from nearby cluster using the same frequency band, is considered while deriving the expression. A mathematical expression for antenna selection scheme is also obtained to enhance the performance of the desired cluster. Extensive simulations are performed to validate our findings which clearly prove the practical significance of our analytical model.