Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2011, Kos Island, Greece, October 5-7, 2011. Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

On the Effectiveness of Relaxation Theory for Controlling High Traffic Volumes in Body Sensor Networks

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_3,
        author={Naimah Yaakob and Ibrahim Khalil and Jiankun Hu},
        title={On the Effectiveness of Relaxation Theory for Controlling High Traffic Volumes in Body Sensor Networks},
        proceedings={Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2011, Kos Island, Greece, October 5-7, 2011. Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={Congestion control Relaxation Theory Engineering Level},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_3}
    }
    
  • Naimah Yaakob
    Ibrahim Khalil
    Jiankun Hu
    Year: 2012
    On the Effectiveness of Relaxation Theory for Controlling High Traffic Volumes in Body Sensor Networks
    MOBIHEALTH
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_3
Naimah Yaakob1,*, Ibrahim Khalil1,*, Jiankun Hu2,*
  • 1: RMIT University
  • 2: University of New South Wales
*Contact email: yaakob.naimah@rmit.edu.au, ibrahim.khalil@rmit.edu.au, J.Hu@adfa.edu.au

Abstract

Congestion related issues are major concerns in any networking system including Body Sensor Networks (BSN). This is due to the number of disastrous effects (e.g. high packet loss rate and service interruption) it may cause on the system’s performance. BSN, which normally involves with life-threatening measurements, are found to be very much affected by this problem. The incorporation of its real-time applications with life-death matters may likely put people at high risk during congestion. To address this challenge and alleviate congestion in BSN, we explore the feasibility of a new rate limiting technique known as Relaxation Theory (RT). Uniquely distinctive from the typical rate limiting schemes, the novelty of our approach lies in the ability to ’relax’ or postpone the excessive incoming packets to a certain extent, and avoid congestion from occurring in the first place. An insight performance analysis on one of BSN applications in healthcare monitoring (Electrocardiogram - ECG) shows promising results.