{"title":"A multiple access protocol for UWB wireless body area networks (WBANs) with narrowband feedback path","authors":"K. Thotahewa, M. Yuce, J. Khan","doi":"10.1145/2093698.2093715","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on design and performance of a multiple access protocol for an Ultra Wide Band (UWB) based Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN). The proposed WBAN consists of wearable sensor nodes which communicate with a coordinator node using a UWB transmitter and receive a feedback from the coordinator using a narrowband receiver. Advantages of using a narrowband signal instead of a UWB signal for the feedback path are discussed. The proposed MAC (Medium Access Control) protocol is based on IEEE 802.15.4/4a beacon enabled star topology. Performance is analyzed by varying the number of sensors. A comparison is given between suggested MAC protocol, which uses both slotted ALOHA and GTS, and a protocol totally based on slotted ALOHA.","PeriodicalId":91990,"journal":{"name":"... International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies. International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2011-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"... International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies. International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2093698.2093715","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper focuses on design and performance of a multiple access protocol for an Ultra Wide Band (UWB) based Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN). The proposed WBAN consists of wearable sensor nodes which communicate with a coordinator node using a UWB transmitter and receive a feedback from the coordinator using a narrowband receiver. Advantages of using a narrowband signal instead of a UWB signal for the feedback path are discussed. The proposed MAC (Medium Access Control) protocol is based on IEEE 802.15.4/4a beacon enabled star topology. Performance is analyzed by varying the number of sensors. A comparison is given between suggested MAC protocol, which uses both slotted ALOHA and GTS, and a protocol totally based on slotted ALOHA.