Energy Efficient Body Area Networking Based on Off-the-shelf Wireless Sensors

Sema Dumanli Oktar; Sedat Gormus; Ian Craddock

8th International Conference on Body Area Networks

Research Article

Energy Efficient Body Area Networking Based on Off-the-shelf Wireless Sensors

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253638,
    author={Sema Dumanli Oktar and Sedat Gormus and Ian Craddock},
    title={Energy Efficient Body Area Networking Based on Off-the-shelf Wireless Sensors},
    proceedings={8th International Conference on Body Area Networks},
    publisher={ICST},
    proceedings_a={BODYNETS},
    year={2013},
    month={10},
    keywords={ban shorted patch antenna omni-directional radiation cooperative communication sensor networks},
    doi={10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253638}
}

Sema Dumanli Oktar
Sedat Gormus
Ian Craddock
Year: 2013
Energy Efficient Body Area Networking Based on Off-the-shelf Wireless Sensors
BODYNETS
ACM
DOI: 10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253638

Sema Dumanli Oktar^,*, Sedat Gormus¹, Ian Craddock¹

1: Toshiba Research Europe Limited

*Contact email: sema.dumanli@toshiba-trel.com

Abstract

Body area networks (BAN) require careful hardware and software design which will enable the battery powered sensor devices to operate effectively and reliably over long periods of time. On body sensor design is a challenging task due to the body being in the near-field of the radio and the complex interaction between the two.

Off-the-shelf wireless sensors can be optimized to realize an efficient BAN by combining an enhanced shorted patch antenna design with a cross layer energy aware protocol. Here, we demonstrate a system design approach where the performance of WBANs is greatly enhanced.

Keywords: ban shorted patch antenna omni-directional radiation cooperative communication sensor networks

Published: 2013-10-29
Publisher: ICST

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253638