Title :
Supporting Mobility in Body Sensor Networks
Author :
Braem, Bart ; De Cleyn, Peter ; Blondia, Chris
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Abstract :
Body Sensor Networks (BSNs) form a promising technology to supply healthcare to an ageing population. A large number of sensor devices, radios and MAC protocols are being developed. However, current solutions all assume a single-hop topology, while research results confirm the need for multi-hop topologies. In these multi-hop networks, because of the small scale of a BSN, node mobility will arise frequently. This work presents the first algorithm to support such Mobile BSNs, while remaining energy efficient.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; body sensor networks; geriatrics; health care; mobile radio; MAC protocols; ageing population; body sensor networks; healthcare; multi-hop networks; node mobility; radios; sensor devices; single-hop topology; Body sensor networks; Humans; Mathematics; Network topology; Patient monitoring; Proposals; Protocols; Spine; Time division multiple access; Wireless sensor networks; BSN; MAC; WBAN; mobility;
Conference_Titel :
Body Sensor Networks (BSN), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5817-2
DOI :
10.1109/BSN.2010.16
