Channel-adaptive MAC frame length in wireless body area networks

Mohammad Sadegh Mohammadi, Qi Zhang, Eryk Dutkiewicz

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Abstract

The nature of wireless channel in a wireless body area network is highly dynamic and hence, any static design is trivially sub-optimal. In this paper we propose a cross-layer channel-adaptive framework to adjust the MAC frame body length of the data packets. We propose two different approaches to incorporate the impact of the time-varying channel gain in the transmission policy aiming to improve the overall energy efficiency of the system. The first approach is based on autoregressive channel prediction and the second scheme is a novel procedure inspired by the well-known slow-start mechanism. Explicitly, in our first scheme the channel gain is predicted and the optimal frame length is selected. In the second method, MAC frame length is sequentially increased after receiving the acknowledgment message or decreased if no acknowledgment is received. Our simulation results show that the proposed schemes can significantly improve energy efficiency in comparison with the case with fixed frame length.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC 2014
Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages584-588
Number of pages5
Volume2015-January
ISBN (Electronic)9789860334074
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event2014 International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC 2014 - Sydney, Australia
Duration: 7 Sept 201410 Sept 2014

Publication series

NameWireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symposia Proceedings
PublisherCausal Productions
ISSN (Print)1347-6890

Other

Other2014 International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC 2014
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney
Period7/09/1410/09/14

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