Research Article
On the use of a controlling database for Cognitive Radio in Wireless Body Area Networks
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.bodynets.2012.250014, author={Gintarė Sukarevičienė and Dainius Jankūnas and Vladislav Fomin}, title={On the use of a controlling database for Cognitive Radio in Wireless Body Area Networks}, proceedings={7th International Conference on Body Area Networks}, publisher={ICST}, proceedings_a={BODYNETS}, year={2012}, month={11}, keywords={cognitive radio body area networks (ban) controlling database for wban hospital bandwidth mhealth devices}, doi={10.4108/icst.bodynets.2012.250014} }- Gintarė Sukarevičienė
Dainius Jankūnas
Vladislav Fomin
Year: 2012
On the use of a controlling database for Cognitive Radio in Wireless Body Area Networks
BODYNETS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.bodynets.2012.250014
Abstract
Cognitive Radio (CR) is a fast growing technology domain, which is currently in the stage of transitioning from R&D labs through international standardization committees and fora to the market. One particular promising application domain for CR is the so called Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN). This domain is concerned with small-scale radio networks in general, and use of CR technologies in hospital environment in particular. What has not been solved yet, is the way various WBAN sensors would communicate with each other without creating interference. Recent advancements in CRS saw developments of control mechanisms for different applications, especially for larger scale uses of vacating TV broadcasting spectrum, based on utilization of Geolocation Database (GDB). In this paper we propose technical characteristics for a controlling database to allocate radio resources and to be deployed in a hospital environment for WBAN, thus contributing to the ongoing development in CR domain.