Node Mobility Support in Body Sensor Networks

Bart Braem; Peter De Cleyn; Chris Blondia

5th International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks

Research Article

Node Mobility Support in Body Sensor Networks

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1145/2221924.2221934,
    author={Bart Braem and Peter De Cleyn and Chris Blondia},
    title={Node Mobility Support in Body Sensor Networks},
    proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks},
    publisher={ACM},
    proceedings_a={BODYNETS},
    year={2012},
    month={6},
    keywords={},
    doi={10.1145/2221924.2221934}
}

Bart Braem
Peter De Cleyn
Chris Blondia
Year: 2012
Node Mobility Support in Body Sensor Networks
BODYNETS
ACM
DOI: 10.1145/2221924.2221934

Bart Braem¹^,*, Peter De Cleyn¹, Chris Blondia¹

1: University of Antwerp - IBBT

*Contact email: bart.braem@ua.ac.be

Abstract

Body Sensor Networks (BSNs) form a promising technology to supply healthcare to an ageing population. Current solutions all assume single-hop networks, while research indicates the need for support of multi-hop topologies. A small movement in a network with small radio ranges, causes frequent node mobility. This work presents the first three algorithms to support Mobile BSNs. It is shown that the algorithms support mobility while being energy efficient.

Published: 2012-06-01
Publisher: ACM

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2221924.2221934