A Comprehensive Survey of MAC Protocols for Wireless Body Area Networks

A. Rahim; N. Javaid; M. Aslam; Z. Rahman; U. Qasim; Z. A. Khan

doi:10.1109/BWCCA.2012.77

A Comprehensive Survey of MAC Protocols for Wireless Body Area Networks

A. Rahim, N. Javaid, M. Aslam, Z. Rahman, U. Qasim, Z. A. Khan

Department of Computer Science

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a comprehensive study of Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols developed for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). In WBANs, small battery operated on-body or implanted biomedical sensor nodes are used to monitor physiological signs such as temperature, blood pressure, ElectroCardioGram (ECG), ElectroEncephaloGraphy (EEG) etc. We discuss design requirements for WBANs with major sources of energy dissipation. Then, we further investigate the existing designed protocols for WBANs with focus on their strengths and weaknesses. Paper ends up with concluding remarks and open research issues for future work

Original language	English
Pages	434-439
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/BWCCA.2012.77
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	2012 Seventh International Conference on Broadband, Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications - Victoria, Canada Duration: 12 Nov 2012 → 14 Nov 2012

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Conference	2012 Seventh International Conference on Broadband, Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Victoria
Period	12 Nov 2012 → 14 Nov 2012

Keywords

biomedical
node
energy
consumption
wireless
persnal
body
area
sensor
networks

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