Quality of Service Aware Performance Improvement in Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks

Abstract Modern healthcare quality has been under increasing pressure. Wireless Body Area Networks have enabled better monitoring of health and reduced costs. A wireless body area network comprises miniature sensors that can be worn or implanted to record a person’s health data. The uninterrupted an...

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Published inJournal of physics. Conference series Vol. 2325; no. 1; pp. 12046 - 12058
Main Authors Anoop, Ashley, Jariya, Nazrin, Ashna Aziz, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.08.2022
Subjects
Algorithms
Body area networks
Data transmission
Healthcare
MAC protocols
Performance degradation
Physics
Quality of Service
Quality of service architectures
Wireless Body Area Networks
Wireless networks
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Summary:Abstract Modern healthcare quality has been under increasing pressure. Wireless Body Area Networks have enabled better monitoring of health and reduced costs. A wireless body area network comprises miniature sensors that can be worn or implanted to record a person’s health data. The uninterrupted and quick access to a patient’s health status makes it easier for the doctor to diagnose in an emergency. The network uses C.S.M.A/C.A during data transmission. With packet collision and loss being two significant issues, we designed an enhanced algorithm to improve the overall performance and Quality of Service of the Wireless Body Area Networks by introducing aging factors. The algorithm avoids unnecessary long backoff periods and brief backoff periods that lead to performance degradation, improving various Quality of Service parameters like packet reception rate, packets received per node, consumed energy, estimated network lifetime, and packet loss rate.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/2325/1/012046