A MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) PROTOCOL FOR BODY AREA NETWORKS

• Main Authors: PATEL, MAULIN, D, CHEN, RICHARD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 18.02.2010
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY; TRANSMISSION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

A method (600) for controlling access to a wireless medium in a network. The method comprises dividing an access time to the wireless medium into fixed and repeated time rounds (300), wherein each time round includes a plurality of superframes (310) and each superframe includes a fixed number of tim...