Title :
Analytical modeling of multi-type failures in wireless body area networks
Author :
Wang, Song ; Nah, Jae-Wook ; Seak, Ki-Jung ; Park, Jong-Tae
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Kyungpook Nat. Univ., Daegu, South Korea
Abstract :
Wireless body area network is one of the most suitable technologies for building patient monitoring systems in hospitals, residential and work environment. The reliability of wireless body area networks is an important research issue since it may jeopardize the vital human life, unless managed properly. In this paper, a new modeling and analysis of in multi-type failures in a wireless body area networks is presented. First, the nodes are classified into types in accordance with their functions. Then, the node behavior has been modeled using a novel semi-Markov process. Simulation has finally been performed to evaluate the performance of the proposed model.
Keywords :
Markov processes; body area networks; health care; patient monitoring; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication security; telemedicine; ubiquitous computing; U-healthcare service; WBAN; analytical multitype failure modeling; hospital environment; network security; node behavior classification model; patient monitoring system; performance modeling; residential environment; semiMarkov process; ubiquitous-healthcare service; wireless body area network reliability; work environment; Analytical models; Biological system modeling; Biosensors; Body sensor networks; Failure analysis; Humans; Intelligent sensors; Routing; Spread spectrum communication; Wireless sensor networks; Analysis of multi-type failures; Network security; Performance modeling; WBAN;
Conference_Titel :
Broadband Network & Multimedia Technology, 2009. IC-BNMT '09. 2nd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4590-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4591-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICBNMT.2009.5348487
