WBAN MAC Protocols— Non-Saturation Modeling and Performance Analysis

• Pervez Khan,
• Niamat Ullah,
• Hoon Kim,

Vol. 11, No. 3, March 30, 2017
10.3837/tiis.2017.03.012, Download Paper (Free):

• Wireless Body Area Network
• IEEE 802.15.6
• MAC protocols
• CSMA/CA
• Analytical Modeling

Abstract

The current literature on discrete-time Markov chain (DTMC) based analysis of IEEE 802.15.6 MAC protocols for wireless body area networks (WBANs), do not consider the ACK timeout state, wherein the colliding nodes check the ill fate of their transmissions, while other contending nodes perform backoff check that slot as usual. In this paper, our DTMC model accurately captures the carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) mechanism of IEEE 802.15.6 medium access control (MAC) and allows the contending nodes performing backoff to utilize the ACK timeout slot during collisions. The compared rigorous results are obtained by considering a non-ideal channel in non-saturation conditions, and CSMA/CA parameters pertaining to UWB PHY of IEEE 802.15.6 MAC protocols.

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