Research trends in wireless body area networks: From On-Body to Body-to-Body cooperation

Author

Maman, Mickael ; Denis, Benoit ; D´Errico, Raffaele

Author_Institution

CEA-LETI, Grenoble, France

fYear

2014

fDate

2-4 April 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Body Area Network (BAN) researches include a wide range of multidisciplinary topics like antennas and propagation close to the body, Medium Access Control (MAC) and networking protocols, security and localization. Short-term solutions for BANs so far were based on already existing communication standards, but they only partially meet the specific needs. More specifically they offer independent or closed solutions and can hardly communicate with the outside world (e.g. only via the preexisting cellular networks or WiFi infrastructures). In this paper, we discuss a possible extension of BANs from On-Body to Body-to-Body cooperative networks at different levels: propagation, protocols and localization applications.

Keywords

access protocols; biomedical equipment; body area networks; body sensor networks; cellular radio; cooperative systems; wireless LAN; BAN; MAC; Medium Access Control; On-Body to Body-to-Body cooperative networks; WiFi infrastructures; antennas; closed solutions; communication standards; localization applications; multidisciplinary topics; networking protocol; preexisting cellular networks; propagation applications; protocol applications; security; short-term solutions; wireless body area networks; Antennas; Body area networks; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Peer-to-peer computing; Protocols; Shadow mapping; Wireless sensor networks; Body Area Network; Body to Body Cooperation; Channel Models; Coexistence; MAC Protocol; Navigation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), 2014 8th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Firenze

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISMICT.2014.6825240

Filename

6825240