Body Area Networks (BANs) are wearable wireless sensor networks with a high potential for medical and sports applications. BANs appear to be a particularly appealing solution to provide information about the health status of a patient in medical environments such as hospitals or medical centres.This work analyzes the behaviour of a BAN composed of IEEE 802.15.4a ultra wideband (UWB) sensors. A Body Area Network architecture is proposed and investigated by simulation. Performance evaluation takes into account Bit Error Rate as a function of the number of nodes forming the BAN and of the asynchronism level between them. © 2007 IEEE.
Performance Analysis for a Body Area Network composed of IEEE 802.15.4a devices / Domenicali, Daniele; DI BENEDETTO, Maria Gabriella. - STAMPA. - (2007), pp. 273-276. (Intervento presentato al convegno 4th Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication 2007, WPNC'07 tenutosi a Hannover; Germany nel March 22nd, 2007) [10.1109/WPNC.2007.353645].
Performance Analysis for a Body Area Network composed of IEEE 802.15.4a devices
DOMENICALI, Daniele;DI BENEDETTO, Maria Gabriella
2007
Abstract
Body Area Networks (BANs) are wearable wireless sensor networks with a high potential for medical and sports applications. BANs appear to be a particularly appealing solution to provide information about the health status of a patient in medical environments such as hospitals or medical centres.This work analyzes the behaviour of a BAN composed of IEEE 802.15.4a ultra wideband (UWB) sensors. A Body Area Network architecture is proposed and investigated by simulation. Performance evaluation takes into account Bit Error Rate as a function of the number of nodes forming the BAN and of the asynchronism level between them. © 2007 IEEE.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
