Open AccessEnergy-efficient MAC protocols for WBANs: Opportunities and challenges
Author(s) -
Sana Ullah,
Changle Li
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
telecommunication systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.364
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1572-9451
pISSN - 1018-4864
DOI - 10.1007/s11235-014-9896-1
Subject(s) - computer science , efficient energy use , computer network , energy (signal processing) , electrical engineering , statistics , mathematics , engineering
Wireless body area networks (WBANs) are expected to play a significant role in smart healthcare systems. One of the most important attributes of WBANs is to increase network lifetime by introducing novel and low-power techniques on the energy-constrained sensor nodes. Medium access control (MAC) protocols play a significant role in determining the energy consumption in WBANs. Existing MAC protocols are unable to accommodate communication requirements in WBANs. There is a need to develop novel, scalable and reliable MAC protocols that must be able to address all these requirements in a reliable manner. In this special issue, we attracted high quality research and review papers on the recent advances in MAC protocols for WBANs
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