TY - GEN
T1 - An energy analysis of IEEE 802.15.6 scheduled access modes
AU - Tachtatzis, Christos
AU - Di Franco, Fabio
AU - Tracey, David C.
AU - Timmons, Nick F.
AU - Morrison, Jim
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Body Area Networks (BANs) are an emerging area of wireless personal communications. The IEEE 802.15.6 working group aims to develop a communications standard optimised for low power devices operating on, in or around the human body. IEEE 802.15.6 specifically targets low power medical application areas. The IEEE 802.15.6 draft defines two main channel access modes; contention based and contention free. This paper examines the energy lifetime performance of contention free access and in particular of periodic scheduled allocations. This paper presents an overview of the IEEE 802.15.6 and an analytical model for estimating the device lifetime. The analysis determines the maximum device lifetime for a range of scheduled allocations. It also shows that the higher the data rate of frame transfers the longer the device lifetime. Finally, the energy savings provided by block transfers are quantified and compared to immediately acknowledged alternatives.
AB - Body Area Networks (BANs) are an emerging area of wireless personal communications. The IEEE 802.15.6 working group aims to develop a communications standard optimised for low power devices operating on, in or around the human body. IEEE 802.15.6 specifically targets low power medical application areas. The IEEE 802.15.6 draft defines two main channel access modes; contention based and contention free. This paper examines the energy lifetime performance of contention free access and in particular of periodic scheduled allocations. This paper presents an overview of the IEEE 802.15.6 and an analytical model for estimating the device lifetime. The analysis determines the maximum device lifetime for a range of scheduled allocations. It also shows that the higher the data rate of frame transfers the longer the device lifetime. Finally, the energy savings provided by block transfers are quantified and compared to immediately acknowledged alternatives.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79951903265
U2 - 10.1109/GLOCOMW.2010.5700142
DO - 10.1109/GLOCOMW.2010.5700142
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79951903265
SN - 9781424488650
T3 - 2010 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC'10
SP - 1270
EP - 1275
BT - 2010 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC'10
PB - IEEE
T2 - 2010 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC 2010
Y2 - 5 December 2010 through 10 December 2010
ER -