Exploration of the design of media access control layer of wireless body area network for medical healthcare.
- Author:
Xuemei LIU
1
;
Baofeng GE
Author Information
1. Department of Information, General Hospital of Lanzhou Military Command, Lanzhou 730050, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Equipment Design;
Health Services Accessibility;
trends;
Healthcare Disparities;
Humans;
Monitoring, Physiologic;
instrumentation;
Telemedicine;
instrumentation;
Wireless Technology
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2012;29(2):379-382
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This paper proposes a media access control (MAC) layer design for wireless body area network (WBAN) systems. WBAN is a technology that targets for wireless networking of wearable and implantable body sensors which monitor vital body signs, such as heart-rate, body temperature, blood pressure, etc. It has been receiving attentions from international organizations, e. g. the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), due to its capability of providing efficient healthcare services and clinical management. This paper reviews the standardization procedure of WBAN and summarizes the challenge of the MAC layer design. It also discusses the methods of improving power consumption performance, which is one of the major issues of WBAN systems.
