Transmission Latency-Aware MAC Protocol Design for Intra-Body Communications


KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems, Vol. 8, No. 8, pp. 201-208, Aug. 2019
10.3745/KTCCS.2019.8.8.201,   PDF Download:  
Keywords: Wireless Body Area Networks, Intra-Body Communications, MAC Layer Protocol
Abstract

Intra-Body Communication (IBC) is a communication method using the human body as a communication medium. The fact that our human body consists of water and electrolyte allow such communication method could work and have strength in low-power. However, because the IBC directly affects to human body by using it as a medium, there was a lack of research in communication protocols of each communication layer. In this paper, we suggests MAC parameters which affects the performance of communication in human body channel, and propose new MAC protocol. Our results shows that our MAC is suitable for supporting high data rate applications with comparable radio duty cycle performance.


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[IEEE Style]
S. Kim, J. Park, J. Ko, "Transmission Latency-Aware MAC Protocol Design for Intra-Body Communications," KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 201-208, 2019. DOI: 10.3745/KTCCS.2019.8.8.201.

[ACM Style]
Seungmin Kim, JongSung Park, and JeongGil Ko. 2019. Transmission Latency-Aware MAC Protocol Design for Intra-Body Communications. KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems, 8, 8, (2019), 201-208. DOI: 10.3745/KTCCS.2019.8.8.201.