Paper Info
Title
Experimental Study of the Impact of WLAN Interference on IEEE 802.15.4 Body Area Networks
Abstract
As the number of wireless devices sharing the unlicensed 2.4 GHz ISM band increases, interference is becoming a problem of paramount importance. We experimentally investigate the effects of controlled 802.11b interference as well as realistic urban RF interference on packet delivery performance in IEEE 802.15.4 body area networks. Our multi-channel measurements, conducted with Tmote Sky sensor nodes, show that in the low-power regime external interference is typically the major cause for substantial packet loss. We report on the empirical correlation between 802.15.4 packet delivery performance and urban WLAN activity and explore 802.15.4 cross-channel quality correlation. Lastly, we examine trends in the noise floor as a potential trigger for channel hopping to detect and mitigate the effects of interference.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/978-3-642-00224-3_2
EWSN
Keywords
Field
DocType
realistic urban rf interference,ghz ism band increase,urban wlan activity,empirical correlation,wlan interference,experimental study,body area networks,substantial packet loss,tmote sky sensor node,external interference,cross-channel quality correlation,body area network,packet delivery performance,packet loss,interference
Noise floor,Wireless,Computer science,Electromagnetic interference,Network packet,Packet loss,Computer network,ISM band,Interference (wave propagation),IEEE 802.15
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
5432
0302-9743
76
PageRank 
References 
Authors
3.97
8
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jan-Hinrich Hauer119824.24
vlado handziski257050.64
Adam Wolisz32693407.71