Title :
Quality of Service for IEEE 802.15.4-based Wireless Body Sensor Networks
Author :
García, José Javier ; Falck, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
We present a novel mechanism intended to provide Quality of Service (QoS) for IEEE 802.15.4-based Wireless Body Sensor Networks (WBSN) used for pervasive healthcare applications. The mechanism was implemented and validated on the AquisGrain WBSN platform. Our results show that the QoS performance of the IEEE 802.15.4 standard can be considerably improved in terms of reliability and timeliness for intra-node as well as inter-node scenarios while keeping backward compatibility to ensure interoperability.
Keywords :
Zigbee; body sensor networks; quality of service; telecommunication network reliability; AquisGrain WBSN platform; IEEE 802.15.4; QoS; interoperability; intranode reliability; pervasive healthcare; quality of service; wireless body sensor networks; Body sensor networks; Delay; Europe; Instruments; Medical services; Multiaccess communication; Quality of service; Radio transceivers; Wireless personal area networks; Wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4; QoS; Reliability; Timeliness; Wireless Body Sensor Networks;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 2009. PervasiveHealth 2009. 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-963-9799-42-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-963-9799-30-1
DOI :
10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2009.6054
