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Study on Wireless Body Area Network System Design Based on Transmission Rate

전송률을 고려한 WBAN 시스템 설계에 관한 연구

  • Park, Joo-Hee (Dept. Medical Information System, Sahmyook Health University)
  • 박주희 (삼육보건대학교 의료정보시스템과)
  • Received : 2012.08.29
  • Accepted : 2012.12.11
  • Published : 2012.12.31
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Abstract

In this paper, we proposed WBAN system model to management an application that requires low rate data transfer in IEEE 802.15.4. We have to use different wireless sensor network technology to transfer different date rate and emergency message in medical application service. A suitable system model for WBAN and a WBAN MAC protocol in order to solve these existing system problems are proposed. Firstly, the priority queuing was applied to contention access period, and the system model which could guarantee transmission of a MAC command frame was proposed. Secondly, the MAC frame was newly defined to use the system model which was proposed above. Thirdly, WBAN CSMA/CA back-off algorithm based on data transmission rate was proposed to enhance data throughput and transmission probability of the data frame which does not have priority in the proposed WBAN system. The proposed algorithm is designed to be variable CSMA/CA algorithm parameter, depending on data rate. For the evaluation of WBAN CSMA/CA algorithm, we used Castalia. As a result of the simulation, it is found that the proposed system model can not only relieve loads of data processing, but also probability of collision was decreased.

본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.15.4에서 저속 데이터 전송률을 요구하는 응용을 운용하기 위한 WBAN 시스템 모델을 제안한다. 의료용 응용서비스는 상이한 데이터 전송률과 응급 메시지 전송을 요구하기 때문에 기존의 무선 센서 네트워크 기술을 참조할 수 없다. 이러한 기존 시스템의 문제점들을 해결하기 위하여 WBAN에 적합한 시스템 모델과 WBAN MAC 프로토콜에 관한 내용을 제안하였다. 첫째, 경쟁 구간에 우선순위 큐잉을 적용하여 MAC 명령어 프레임의 전송을 보장할 수 있는 시스템 모델을 제안하였다. 둘째, 제안한 시스템 모델을 사용하기 위해 MAC 프레임을 새롭게 정의하였다. 셋째, 경쟁구간에서 우선순위가 없는 데이터 프레임의 처리량 및 전송 성공 확률을 향상시킬 수 있는 데이터 전송률을 고려한 WBAN CSMA/CA 백오프 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안한 WBAN CSMA/CA 백오프 알고리즘은 BAN(Body Area Network) 및 WSN(Wireless Sensor Network)의 시뮬레이션이 가능한 OMNeT++의 Castalia를 이용하여 구현하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과 제안한 시스템 모델이 기존 방식과 비교하여 데이터 처리량이 개선되고, 충돌 확률이 감소함을 확인할 수 있었다.

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