Title
MAC Layer Hurdles in BSNs
Abstract
The last few decades have seen considerable research progress in microelectronics and integrated circuits, system-on-chip design, wireless communication, and sensor technology. This progress has enabled the seamless integration of autonomous wireless sensor nodes around a human body to create a Body Sensor Network (BSN). The development of a proactive and ambulatory BSN induces a number of enormous issues and challenges. This paper presents the technical hurdles during the design and implementation of a low-power Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for in-body and on-body sensor networks. We analyze the performance of IEEE 802.15.4 protocol for the on-body sensor network. We also provide a comprehensive insight into the heterogeneous characteristics of the in-body sensor network. A low-power technique called Pattern-Based Wake-up Table is proposed to handle the normal traffic in a BSN. The proposed technique provides a reliable solution towards low-power communication in the in-body sensor network.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2009
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
integrated circuit,human body,system on chip,wireless communication
Field
DocType
Volume
Sensor node,Key distribution in wireless sensor networks,Wireless,Computer science,Computer network,Body area network,Access control,Mobile wireless sensor network,Wireless sensor network,Sensor web,Embedded system
Journal
abs/0911.1
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sana Ullah176854.00
Pervez Khan219416.72
Young-woo Choi301.01
Hyung-Soo Lee413213.10
Kyung Sup Kwak51519147.10