• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.167-174
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose and simulate an efficient interference cancellation scheme with an optimal ordering successive interference cancellation (SIC) algorithm for ultra wideband (UWB)/multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems in a wireless body area network (WBAN). When there are several wireless communication devices on a human body, multiple access interference (MAI) usually occurs. To mitigate the effect of MAI and achieve additional diversity gain, we utilize SIC with an optimal ordering algorithm. A zero correlation duration (ZCD) code with robust MAI capability is employed as a spread code for UWB systems in a multi-device WBAN environment. The performance of the proposed scheme is evaluated in terms of the bit error rate (BER). Simulation results confirm that the BER performance can be improved significantly if the proposed interference cancellation scheme and the ZCD code are jointly employed.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.1-11
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• 2015

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.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.88-97
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• 2009

As the development of wireless techniques, transmission technology of body area network plays an important role in realizing a welfare society by combining IT and BT when applying to vehicles. Off-body WBAN (Wireless Body Area Network) systems for video data transmission require low battery consumption and high data rate. To satisfy the requirement, UWB has been considered as a promising candidate for high rate WBAN. This paper introduces an antenna selection technique for ultra-wideband based off-body WBAN system with low complexity. In this paper, we propose an antenna selection scheme using non-coherent receiver for off-body high data rate WBAN system. The proposed receiver antenna selection method takes advantage of the characteristic of BPPM (Binary Pulse Position Modulation). With the property of BPPM, this scheme calculates the approximate SNR of the received signal with non-coherent receiver.

• The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.35-46
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• 2008

전 세계적으로 u-Health 서비스에 대한 관심이 증가함에 따라 무선 기술 측면에서 u-Health의 핵심 기술인 WBAN에 대한 연구 또한 활발히 진행되고 있다. 최근 IEEE에서는 WBAN에 대한 표준화를 활발히 진행 중에 있으며, 주파수 배분 측면에서는 전 세계적으로 $402{\sim}405$ MHz 대역이 WBAN용 주파수로 할당되고 있다. 본 고에서는 WBAN의 최근 기술 동향을 살펴보기 위해 먼저 WBAN 서비스를 위해 현재 고려되고 있는 다양한 주파수 대역과 전파전파 특성을 살펴보고, 다음으로 WBAN의 최신 표준화 동향에 대해 살펴본다. 마지막으로 WBAN의 적용 예 및 주요 기술적인 이슈에 대해 살펴보고자 한다.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.11-17
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• 2008

최근 IT-BT-NT 융합의 대표적인 기술이며, wearable computing이나 healthcare와 같은 대표적인 응용분야를 포함하는 WBAN (Wireless Body Area Network)에 대해 IEEE 802.15.6 TG BAN을 중심으로 물리계층, 데이터 링크 계층, 네트워크 계층 및 응용 계층 등에 대해서 표준화가 진행되고 있다. IEEE 802.15 WG는 2006년 11월에 Wireless Medical BAN IG를 SG로 승인하였으며, 2007년 11월, 제51차 IEEE 802 WPAN 본회의에서 TG BAN으로 최종 승격하였다. 따라서, 본고에서는 IEEE 802.15.6 TG BAN을 중심으로 WBAN 국내외 표준화 활동에 대해 고찰하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.36 no.10A
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• pp.823-829
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• 2011

Recently, wireless body area network (WBAN) has received much attention as an application for the ubiquitous healthcare system. In WBAN, each sensor nodes and a personal base station such as PDA have an energy constraint and computation overhead should be minimized due to node's limited computing power and memory constraint. The reliable data transmission also must be guaranteed because it handles vital signals. In this paper, we propose a systematic network coding scheme for WBAN to reduce the network coding overhead as well as total energy consumption for completion the transmission. We model the proposed scheme using Markov chain. To minimize the total energy consumption for completing the data transmission, we made the problem as a minimization problem and find an optimal solution. Our simulation result shows that large amount of energy reduction is achieved by proposed systematic network coding. Also, the proposed scheme reduces the computational overhead of network coding imposed on each node by simplify the decoding process.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.51 no.6
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• pp.18-25
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• 2014

A implanted sensor's error probability is more likely to external sensor's error probability by biological characteristic in WBAN. In this paper, we present method that external sensor transmits frame instead of doing implanted sensor's retransmission for improving lifetime of implanted sensors in WBAN. The proposed method, LI(Lifetime Increment) protocol is to add external sensor's id in transmission data frame of a implanted sensor. When the retransmission is required, external sensor that have to registered id in data frame retransmits frame instead of implanted sensors' retransmission. The comparison result shows that the proposed protocol reduces power consumption and improves life time.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.12 no.11
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• pp.5218-5233
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• 2018

The coexisting wireless body area networks (WBAN) is a very challenging issue because of strong inter-networks interference, which seriously affects energy consumption and spectrum utilization ratio. In this paper, we study a power control strategy with nearest neighbor nodes distribution for coexisting WBAN based on stochastic geometry. Using homogeneous Poisson point processes (PPP) model, the relationship between the transmission power and the networks distribution is analytically derived to reduce interference to other devices. The goal of this paper is to increase the transmission success probability and throughput through power control strategy. In addition, we evaluate the area spectral efficiency simultaneously active WBAN in the same channel. Finally, extensive simulations are conducted to evaluate the power control algorithm.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.452-464
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• 2019

The use of wireless body area networks (WBANs) in healthcare applications has made it convenient to monitor both health personnel and patient status continuously in real time through wearable wireless sensor nodes. However, the heterogeneous and complex network structure of WBANs has some disadvantages in terms of control and management. The software-defined network (SDN) approach is a promising technology that defines a new design and management approach for network communications. In order to create more flexible and dynamic network structures in WBANs, this study uses the SDN approach. For this, a WBAN architecture based on the SDN approach with a new energy-aware routing algorithm for healthcare architecture is proposed. To develop a more flexible architecture, a controller that manages all HUBs is designed. The proposed architecture is modeled using the Riverbed Modeler software for performance analysis. The simulation results show that the SDN-based structure meets the service quality requirements and shows superior performance in terms of energy consumption, throughput, successful transmission rate, and delay parameters according to the traditional routing approach.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.131-140
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• 2009

A key challenge for Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) is to maximize the network lifetime with power-efficient and flexible duty cycling techniques on energy-constraint sensor nodes. In this paper, we propose a novel power-efficient MAC protocol for WBAN that accommodates normal, emergency, and on-demand traffic in a reliable manner. This protocol supports two wakeup mechanisms, a traffic-based wakeup mechanism, which accommodates normal traffic by exploiting the node's traffic patterns, and a wakeup radio mechanism, which accommodates emergency and on-demand traffic by using a wakeup radio. It can be seen that the proposed protocol not only improves the lifetime of WBAN but also provides a reliable method to handle sporadic events. Simulation results show that the proposed protocol outperforms WiseMAC in terms of low-power consumption and delay.