A study of MAC protocols for WBANs

Sana Ullah; Bin Shen; S. M. Riazul Islam; Pervez Khan; Shahnaz Saleem; Kyung S. Kwak

doi:10.3390/s100100128

A study of MAC protocols for WBANs

Sana Ullah^*, Bin Shen, S. M. Riazul Islam, Pervez Khan, Shahnaz Saleem, Kyung S. Kwak

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Abstract

The seamless integration of low-power, miniaturised, invasive/non-invasive lightweight sensor nodes have contributed to the development of a proactive and unobtrusive Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN). A WBAN provides long-term health monitoring of a patient without any constraint on his/her normal dailylife activities. This monitoring requires the low-power operation of invasive/non-invasive sensor nodes. In other words, a power-efficient Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol is required to satisfy the stringent WBAN requirements, including low-power consumption. In this paper, we first outline the WBAN requirements that are important for the design of a low-power MAC protocol. Then we study low-power MAC protocols proposed/investigated for a WBAN with emphasis on their strengths and weaknesses. We also review different power-efficient mechanisms for a WBAN. In addition, useful suggestions are given to help the MAC designers to develop a low-power MAC protocol that will satisfy the stringent requirements.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	128-145
Number of pages	18
Journal	Sensors
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/s100100128
Publication status	Published - 28 Dec 2009

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Acknowledgements: This research was supported by the The Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE), Korea, under the Information Technology Research Center (ITRC) support program supervised by the Institute for Information Technology Advancement (IITA) (IITA-2009-C1090-0902-0019).

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WBAN

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