An all dynamic MAC protocol for wireless body area network

Abstract

Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) is considered as a special type of WSN. It consists of low-power wireless sensor nodes, which are placed on or implanted in the body for continuous health monitoring. MAC protocol is responsible for conflict detection, processing, priority control, timeslot assignment, transmission order etc. So the design of MAC protocol plays an important role in the reliability and efficiency of WBAN. In order to increase the energy efficiency and reliability of WBAN, a new wireless body area network MAC protocol-AD-MAC protocol is proposed. The proposed protocol adopts dynamic priority control, dynamic timeslot allocation mechanism and dynamic length allocation mechanism of different access periods to achieve reliable transmission in the situation of low latency and low power consumption. The simulation results show that AD-MAC protocol is superior to IEEE802.15.6 MAC and CA-MAC in terms of throughput, power consumption and delay.