Research Article
MoBAN: A Configurable Mobility Model for Wireless Body Area Networks
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.simutools.2011.245511, author={Majid Nabi and Marc Geilen and Twan Basten}, title={MoBAN: A Configurable Mobility Model for Wireless Body Area Networks}, proceedings={4th International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques}, publisher={ICST}, proceedings_a={SIMUTOOLS}, year={2012}, month={4}, keywords={Mobility model Wireless body area network Performance evaluation Network simulator OMNeT++ MiXiM framework.}, doi={10.4108/icst.simutools.2011.245511} }- Majid Nabi
Marc Geilen
Twan Basten
Year: 2012
MoBAN: A Configurable Mobility Model for Wireless Body Area Networks
SIMUTOOLS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.simutools.2011.245511
Abstract
A good mobility model is an essential prerequisite for performance evaluation of protocols for wireless networks with node mobility. Sensor nodes in a Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) exhibit high mobility. The WBAN topology may completely change because of posture changes and movement even within a certain type of posture. The WBAN also moves as a whole in an ambient network. Therefore, an appropriate mobility model is of great importance for performance evaluation. This paper presents a comprehensive configurable mobility model MoBAN for evaluating intra- and extra-WBAN communication. It implements different postures as well as individual node mobility within a particular posture. The model can be adapted to a broad range of applications for WBANs. The model is made available through http://www.es.ele.tue.nl/nes/, as an add-on to the mobility framework of the OMNeT++ simulator. Two case studies illustrate the use of the mobility model for performance evaluation of network protocols.
