TY - GEN
T1 - Analysis of the performance of IEEE 802.15.4 for medical sensor body area networking
AU - Timmons, Nicholas F.
AU - Scanlon, William G.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - For the first time, this paper presents an analysis of the performance of the IEEE 802.15.4 low power, low data rate wireless standard in relation to medical sensor body area networks. This is an emerging application of wireless sensor networking with particular performance constraints, including power consumption, physical size, robustness and security. In the analysis presented, the star network configuration of the 802.15.4 standard at 2.4 GHz was considered for a body area network consisting of a wearable or desk mounted coordinator outside of the body with up to 10 body implanted sensors. The main consideration in this work was the long-term power consumption of devices, since for practical reasons, implanted medical devices and sensors must function for at least 10 to 15 years without battery replacement. The results show that when properly configured, 802.15.4 can be used for medical sensor networking when configured in non-beacon mode with low data rate asymmetric traffic. Beacon mode may also be used, but with more severe restrictions on data rate and crystal tolerance.
AB - For the first time, this paper presents an analysis of the performance of the IEEE 802.15.4 low power, low data rate wireless standard in relation to medical sensor body area networks. This is an emerging application of wireless sensor networking with particular performance constraints, including power consumption, physical size, robustness and security. In the analysis presented, the star network configuration of the 802.15.4 standard at 2.4 GHz was considered for a body area network consisting of a wearable or desk mounted coordinator outside of the body with up to 10 body implanted sensors. The main consideration in this work was the long-term power consumption of devices, since for practical reasons, implanted medical devices and sensors must function for at least 10 to 15 years without battery replacement. The results show that when properly configured, 802.15.4 can be used for medical sensor networking when configured in non-beacon mode with low data rate asymmetric traffic. Beacon mode may also be used, but with more severe restrictions on data rate and crystal tolerance.
KW - 802.15.4
KW - Power consumption
KW - Wireless body area network
KW - Wireless sensor network
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/20344397428
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:20344397428
SN - 0780387961
T3 - 2004 First Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, IEEE SECON 2004
SP - 16
EP - 24
BT - 2004 First Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, IEEE SECON 2004
T2 - 2004 First Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, IEEE SECON 2004
Y2 - 4 October 2004 through 7 October 2004
ER -