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Throughput and Delay Analysis of IEEE 802.15.6-based CSMA/CA Protocol

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The IEEE 802.15.6 is a new communication standard on Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) that focuses on a variety of medical, Consumer Electronics (CE) and entertainment applications. In this paper, the throughput and delay performance of the IEEE 802.15.6 is presented. Numerical formulas are derived to determine the maximum throughput and minimum delay limits of the IEEE 802.15.6 for an ideal channel with no transmission errors. These limits are derived for different frequency bands and data rates. Our analysis is validated by extensive simulations using a custom C+ + simulator. Based on analytical and simulation results, useful conclusions are derived for network provisioning and packet size optimization for different applications.

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Acknowledgements

This work is supported by the Research Center of College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University. The authors are grateful for this support.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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  1. Chair of Pervasive and Mobile Computing, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Sana Ullah

  2. School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

    Min Chen

  3. Graduate School of Telecommunications, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea

    Kyung Sup Kwak

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Correspondence to Sana Ullah.

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Part of this paper has been appeared in the proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC), Mexico, 28–31 March 2011.

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Ullah, S., Chen, M. & Kwak, K.S. Throughput and Delay Analysis of IEEE 802.15.6-based CSMA/CA Protocol. J Med Syst 36, 3875–3891 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-012-9860-0

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