Abstract
An Energy-efficient Flexible Beacon Scheduling (EFBS) mechanism is proposed to solve the beacon collision problem in cluster-tree healthcare systems. In EFBS, after clustering, BAN Coordinators perform power control. Then they are divided into groups and each group is assigned one contention-free time-slot. The duration of the beacon-only period is flexible. According to the simulation results, EFBS provides better performance than other beacon scheduling approaches.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2480-2483 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | IEICE Transactions on Communications |
| Volume | E94-B |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 Sept |
Keywords
- BAN
- Beacon scheduling
- Healthcare system
- MAC
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering