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An Improved Mobility Aware Relaying Scheme for Body Area Networks
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posted on 2020-04-17, 13:56 authored by Costas MichaelidesCostas Michaelides, Maria Iloridou, Foteini-Niovi PavlidouCommunication in Body Area Networks (BANs) involves weak signals, due to safety regulations, huge pathloss from the absorption and usually high mobility. In this work, we introduce an improved mobility aware relaying scheme for BANs, as an alternative to the two-hop star topology extension of IEEE 802.15.6-2012, in order to enhance packet delivery. Specifically, an emergency phase (EP) is added after the regular random access phase (RAP1) of the superframe and the connected nodes transmit rescue beacons to reach disconnected nodes. When a disconnected node receives a rescue beacon, it participates in the current EP. The packets are buffered and relayed to the hub by the connected nodes. Simulation results show that it is feasible to receive more packets compared to the standard with a justified increase of energy consumption due to random access which is compensated with increased packet delivery.
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Email Address of Submitting Author
cmich@computer.orgORCID of Submitting Author
0000-0002-8536-3526Submitting Author's Institution
Aristotle University of ThessalonikiSubmitting Author's Country
- Greece