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A Coexistence Mitigation Scheme in IEEE 802.15.4-based WBAN

IEEE 802.15.4 기반 WBAN의 공존 문제 완화 기법

  • Received : 2014.12.11
  • Accepted : 2015.05.19
  • Published : 2015.06.30

Abstract

WBAN(Wireless Body Area Network) operating around the human body aims at medical and non-medical service at the same time. and it is the short-range communication technology requiring low-power, various data rate and high reliability. Various studies is performing for IEEE 802.15.4, because IEEE 802.15.4 can provide high compatibility for operate WBAN among communication standard satisfiable these requirements. Meanwhile, in the case of coexisting many IEEE 802.15.4-based WBAN, signal interference and collision are the main cause that is decreasing data reliability. but IEEE 802.15.4 Standard does not consider about coexistence of many networks. so it needs improvement. In this paper, To solve about this problem, identify coexistence problem of IEEE 802.15.4-based WBAN by preliminary experiments. and propose a scheme to mitigate the reliability decrease at multiple coexistence WBAN. The proposed scheme can be classified in two steps. The first step is avoidance to collision on the CFP through improving data transmission. The second step is mitigation collision through converting channel access method. Proposed scheme is verified the performance by performing comparison experiment with Standard-based WBAN.

인체를 중심으로 동작하는 WBAN(Wireless Body Area Network)은 의료 및 비의료 서비스를 동시에 제공하는 것을 목적으로 하며, 저전력, 다양한 전송률과 높은 데이터 신뢰성을 요구하는 근거리 통신 기술이다. 이러한 요구사항을 만족시킬 수 있는 통신기술 표준 중 IEEE 802.15.4는 WBAN 운영에 높은 호환성을 제공할 수 있어 이를 통한 다양한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 한편, IEEE 802.15.4 기반 다수의 WBAN이 밀집될 경우 발생하는 신호 간섭과 충돌은 데이터의 신뢰성을 저하시키는 주요한 원인되고 있으며, IEEE 802.15.4 표준은 다수의 네트워크가 공존하는 상황을 고려하여 설계되지 않았기 때문에 이에 대한 개선이 필요하다. 이를 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 사전 실험을 통해 IEEE 802.15.4 기반의 WBAN 간 공존 상황에서 발생할 수 있는 문제점들을 파악하였고, 실험 결과를 바탕으로 다수의 WBAN이 공존하는 상황에서의 신뢰성 저하를 완화하기 위한 기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 기법의 동작은 크게 두 단계로 구분될 수 있으며, 첫 번째 단계에서는 슈퍼 프레임의 CFP 구간에서의 데이터 전송 방법을 개선하여 WBAN 간 충돌을 회피하며, 두 번째 단계에서는 채널 접근 방식을 전환함으로써 충돌을 완화한다. 제안하는 기법은 표준 기반의 WBAN과 비교 실험을 수행하여 성능을 검증하였다.

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