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http://dx.doi.org/10.3837/tiis.2015.11.010

Modeling and Performance Analysis of MAC Protocol for WBAN with Finite Buffer  

Shu, Minglei (School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University)
Yuan, Dongfeng (School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University)
Chen, Changfang (Shandong Computer Science Center (National Supercomputer Center in Jinan), Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computer Networks)
Wang, Yinglong (Shandong Computer Science Center (National Supercomputer Center in Jinan), Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computer Networks)
Zhang, Chongqing (College of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology)
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KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS) / v.9, no.11, 2015 , pp. 4436-4452 More about this Journal
Abstract
The IEEE 802.15.6 standard is introduced to satisfy all the requirements for monitoring systems operating in, on, or around the human body. In this paper, analytical models are developed for evaluating the performance of the IEEE 802.15.6 CSMA/CA-based medium access control protocol for wireless body area networks (WBAN) under unsaturation condition. We employ a three-dimensional Markov chain to model the backoff procedure, and an M/G/1/K queuing system to describe the packet queues in the buffer. The throughput and delay performances of WBAN operating in the beacon mode are analyzed in heterogeneous network comprised of different user priorities. Simulation results are included to demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed analytical model.
Keywords
Wireless body area networks; IEEE 802.15.6; medium access control (MAC); carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA); Markov chain; M/G/1/K queuing system;
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