Opportunistic relay scheme exploiting channel coherence time in IEEE 802.15.6 Wireless Body Area Networks

Ruifeng Zhang; Nick Francis Timmons; Jim Morrison

doi:10.1109/PIMRC.2016.7794786

Opportunistic relay scheme exploiting channel coherence time in IEEE 802.15.6 Wireless Body Area Networks

Ruifeng Zhang
, Nick Francis Timmons
, Jim Morrison

Department of Civil Engineering & Construction

Atlantic Technological University

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Abstract

High priority traffic of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) requires high reliability and low-latency communications with consideration due to energy efficiency and network lifetime. However, the wireless links of WBAN are very unreliable due to the high mobility of the body and the ultra-low transmission power of nodes, which make meeting these requirements a significant challenge. In order to overcome the low quality wireless links, the IEEE 802.15.6 standard for WBANs provides the two-hop relay option. Some relay schemes for WBANs have been proposed in recent literature but do not consider all the above performance requirements. An opportunistic relay scheme exploiting channel coherence time is proposed here to meet these requirements. The theoretical analysis and simulation results of the proposed scheme compared with the one-hop transmission show that it can greatly improve the network reliability and reduce transmission delay at little energy cost in a deep fading channel, and also prolong network lifetime.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE 27th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509032549
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC.2016.7794786
Publication status	Published - 21 Dec 2016
Event	27th IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2016 - Valencia, Spain Duration: 4 Sep 2016 → 8 Sep 2016

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Name	IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC

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Conference	27th IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2016
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Valencia
Period	4/09/16 → 8/09/16

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Zhang, R., Timmons, N. F., & Morrison, J. (2016). Opportunistic relay scheme exploiting channel coherence time in IEEE 802.15.6 Wireless Body Area Networks. In 2016 IEEE 27th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2016 Article 7794786 (IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC.2016.7794786

Zhang, Ruifeng ; Timmons, Nick Francis ; Morrison, Jim. / Opportunistic relay scheme exploiting channel coherence time in IEEE 802.15.6 Wireless Body Area Networks. 2016 IEEE 27th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. (IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC).

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Zhang, R, Timmons, NF & Morrison, J 2016, Opportunistic relay scheme exploiting channel coherence time in IEEE 802.15.6 Wireless Body Area Networks. in 2016 IEEE 27th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2016., 7794786, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 27th IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2016, Valencia, Spain, 4/09/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC.2016.7794786

Opportunistic relay scheme exploiting channel coherence time in IEEE 802.15.6 Wireless Body Area Networks. / Zhang, Ruifeng; Timmons, Nick Francis; Morrison, Jim.
2016 IEEE 27th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. 7794786 (IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC).

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Zhang R, Timmons NF, Morrison J. Opportunistic relay scheme exploiting channel coherence time in IEEE 802.15.6 Wireless Body Area Networks. In 2016 IEEE 27th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. 7794786. (IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC). doi: 10.1109/PIMRC.2016.7794786

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