Title :
Addressing Schemes for Body Area Networks
Author :
Movassaghi, Samaneh ; Abolhasan, Mehran ; Lipman, Justin
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Commun. & Comput., Univ. of Technol., Sydney, NSW, Australia
fDate :
12/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This letter explores address allocation in Body Area Networks (BANs) and proposes two novel schemes - Optimized Prophet Address Allocation (OPAA) and Hierarchical Collision-free Address Protocol (HCAP). The aim of the schemes is to use fewer bits in the address space, solve address wastage problems, reduce collisions and improve power efficiency. The usability and efficiency of the proposed schemes is shown through simulation and analysis.
Keywords :
body area networks; optimisation; protocols; address wastage problem; body area network; collision reduction; hierarchical collision-free address protocol; optimized prophet address allocation; power efficiency; Body area networks; Network topology; Optimization; Power demand; Protocols; Resource management; Wireless sensor networks; Address allocation; BAN; body area networks;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2011.101211.111509
