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Delay and energy consumption analysis of priority guaranteed MAC protocol for wireless body area networks

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Wireless body area networks are captivating growing interest because of their suitability for wide range of applications. However, network lifetime is one of the most prominent barriers in deploying these networks for most applications. Moreover, most of these applications have stringent QoS requirements such as delay and throughput. In this paper, the modified superframe structure of IEEE 802.15.4 based MAC protocol is proposed which addresses the aforementioned problems and improves the energy consumption efficiency. Moreover, priority guaranteed CSMA/CA mechanism is used where different priorities are assigned to body nodes by adjusting the data type and size. In order to save energy, a wake-up radio based mechanism to control sleep and active modes of body sensors are used. Furthermore, a discrete time finite state Markov model to find the node states is used. Analytical expressions are derived to model and analyze the behavior of average energy consumption, throughput, packet drop probability, and average delay during normal and emergency data. Extensive simulations are conducted for analysis and validation of the proposed mechanism. Results show that the average energy consumption and delay are relatively higher during emergency data transmission with acknowledgment mode due to data collision and retransmission.

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The authors would like to extend their sincere appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for funding this research through Research Group Project NO. (RG#1435-051).

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  1. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Babar Rasheed & Nadeem Javaid

  2. College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Muhammad Imran

  3. Faculty of Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Zahoor Ali Khan

  4. CIS, Higher Colleges of Technology, Fujairah Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Zahoor Ali Khan

  5. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Umar Qasim

  6. Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden

    Athanasios Vasilakos

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Rasheed, M.B., Javaid, N., Imran, M. et al. Delay and energy consumption analysis of priority guaranteed MAC protocol for wireless body area networks. Wireless Netw 23, 1249–1266 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-016-1199-x

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