A Priority based Cross Layer Routing Protocol for healthcare applications

Wireless body area networks (WBANs) represent one of the most promising approaches for improving the quality of life, allowing remote patient monitoring and other healthcare applications. Data dissemination and medium access in a WBAN are critical issues that impact the network reliability, the effi...

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Published inAd hoc networks Vol. 42; pp. 1 - 18
Main Authors Ben Elhadj, Hadda, Elias, Jocelyne, Chaari, Lamia, Kamoun, Lotfi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 15.05.2016
Subjects
Channels
Computer networks
Cross layer
Customizing
Health care
Healthcare
MAC
Networks
Patients
Priorities
QoS
Routing
Routing (telecommunications)
Wireless Body Area Networks
Cross layer
Healthcare
Routing
QoS
Wireless Body Area Networks
MAC
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Summary:Wireless body area networks (WBANs) represent one of the most promising approaches for improving the quality of life, allowing remote patient monitoring and other healthcare applications. Data dissemination and medium access in a WBAN are critical issues that impact the network reliability, the efficiency and the total energy consumed by the network. In this paper, we propose a Priority-based Cross Layer Routing Protocol (PCLRP) along with a Priority Cross Layer Medium Access Channel protocol (PCLMAC) for healthcare applications. PCLRP combined with PCLMAC ensures reliable traffic dissemination and customized channel access for intra- and inter-body communications. Simulation results show that the proposed protocol achieves customized quality of services and outperforms state of the art existing protocols in terms of power consumption, packet delivery ratio and delay.
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ISSN:1570-8705
1570-8713
DOI:10.1016/j.adhoc.2015.10.007