A MAC Protocol for Medical Monitoring Applications of Wireless Body Area Networks

A MAC Protocol for Medical Monitoring Applications of Wireless Body Area Networks

Targeting the medical monitoring applications of wireless body area networks (WBANs), a hybrid medium access control protocol using an interrupt mechanism (I-MAC) is proposed to improve the energy and time slot utilization efficiency and to meet the data delivery delay requirement at the same time....

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Main Authors: Minglei Shu, Dongfeng Yuan, Chongqing Zhang, Yinglong Wang, Changfang Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:Sensors
Subjects:
MAC protocol
wireless body area networks (WBANs)
medical monitoring
I-MAC
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/6/12906

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