TY - GEN
T1 - EBRAR
T2 - 17th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communication, ISCC 2012
AU - Ababneh, Nedal
AU - Timmons, Nicholas
AU - Morrison, Jim
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In this work, we focus on Body Area Networks (BANs) for real-time data streaming applications, where the realtime nature of data streams is of critical importance for providing a useful and efficient sensorial feedback for the user while system lifetime should be maximized. Thus, bandwidth, throughput and energy efficiency of the communication protocol must be carefully optimized. In this paper, we present an Energy-Balanced Rate Allocation and Routing Protocol (EBRAR). EBRAR selects routes based on the residual energy, thus, instead of continuously routing data through an optimized (energy efficient) fixed path, the data is transported more intelligently and the burden of forwarding the data is more equally spread among the nodes. Another unique property of EBRAR is its ability to provide adaptive resource allocation. Our experimental results show that the proposed protocol performs well in terms of energy balance, network lifetime and utility.
AB - In this work, we focus on Body Area Networks (BANs) for real-time data streaming applications, where the realtime nature of data streams is of critical importance for providing a useful and efficient sensorial feedback for the user while system lifetime should be maximized. Thus, bandwidth, throughput and energy efficiency of the communication protocol must be carefully optimized. In this paper, we present an Energy-Balanced Rate Allocation and Routing Protocol (EBRAR). EBRAR selects routes based on the residual energy, thus, instead of continuously routing data through an optimized (energy efficient) fixed path, the data is transported more intelligently and the burden of forwarding the data is more equally spread among the nodes. Another unique property of EBRAR is its ability to provide adaptive resource allocation. Our experimental results show that the proposed protocol performs well in terms of energy balance, network lifetime and utility.
KW - Balancing Energy Consumption
KW - Body Area Networks
KW - Energy Awareness
KW - Lifetime
KW - Optimal Solution
KW - Rate Allocation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84866611129&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISCC.2012.6249341
DO - 10.1109/ISCC.2012.6249341
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84866611129
SN - 9781467327121
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
SP - 475
EP - 478
BT - 2012 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2012
Y2 - 1 July 2012 through 4 July 2012
ER -
