Hybrid Multi-Channel MAC Protocol for WBANs with Inter-WBAN Interference Mitigation

被引:27
作者
Thien Thi Thanh Le [1 ]
Moh, Sangman [1 ]
机构
[1] Chosun Univ, Dept Comp Engn, 309 Pilmun Daero, Gwangju 61452, South Korea
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
wireless body area network; multi-channel MAC; interference mitigation; throughput; priority; energy efficiency;
D O I
10.3390/s18051373
中图分类号
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Herein, we propose a hybrid multi-channel medium access control (HM-MAC) protocol for wireless body area networks (WBANs) that mitigates inter-WBAN interference significantly. In HM-MAC, a superframe consists of a random access phase and a scheduled access phase. That is, a carrier sensing multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) phase and a time division multiple access (TDMA) phase are included in a superframe. The random access phase allows higher-priority users to transmit data packets with low latency and high reliability. The retransmission of data packets is also performed in the random access phase. The periodic data are transmitted in the scheduled phase, resulting in no contention and high reliability. A channel selection algorithm is also proposed to avoid collision between neighboring WBANs. The HM-MAC protocol allows multiple transmissions simultaneously on different channels, resulting in high throughput and low collision. The sensor nodes update idle channels by listening to the beacon signal; consequently, the sensor nodes can change the working channel to reduce inter-WBAN interference. According to our simulation results, HM-MAC achieves a higher packet delivery ratio and higher throughput with lower energy consumption than the conventional scheme in multi-WBAN scenarios. HM-MAC also causes lower end-to-end delays for higher-priority users.
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