Performance analysis of static wireless body area network for different routing protocols

Shilpa Vikas Shinde,Dr Santosh S Sonavane

doi:10.14419/ijet.v9i2.30200

Abstract

Wireless body area network (WBAN) is a special type of wireless sensor network. It consists of sensors mounted on a human body to measure important body parameters. WBAN network uses different technologies such as IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.15.4 and IEEE 802.15.6. In this paper, research outcomes focused on WBAN architecture design and performance analysis in a simulation environment for different routing protocols are done for IEEE 802.15.6. A comparative report is prepared for WBAN technology. Routing protocols are compared with each other based on energy consumption, throughput, and delay. For simulation purposes, a sensor network is designed by placing three sensors in a single hop star topology with a single central hub. The test run was successfully carried out to check the network configuration. A performance of three routing protocols for WBAN wireless technologies is investigated. These three routing protocols include AODV (Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector routing), DSDV (Destination Sequenced â€“Distance Vector routing) and DSR (Dynamic Source Routing). In three sets of simulation, the effect of various routing protocols on throughput, delay, and the energy consumption is calculated by increasing packet rate up to 2000 Kbps with an increment of 250 Kbps. Simulation results have shown that WBAN with AODV routing protocol is the most suitable to reduce power consumption and delay, and to increase throughput. Detailed analysis is discussed in the paper.Â Â

Highlights

Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) is used extensively in the pervasive health monitoring and telemedicine to reduce the cost of hospitalization and to ensure the comfort level of the patient
WBAN architecture is designed and in the step 2 simulation analysis of designed WBAN is conducted for various routing protocols and in step 3 comparative study of performance is done on the basis of energy consumption, throughput, and delay
The results section is divided in the three sets of simulations; throughput analysis, energy consumption analysis and delay analysis

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Introduction

Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) is used extensively in the pervasive health monitoring and telemedicine to reduce the cost of hospitalization and to ensure the comfort level of the patient. WBAN is a subset of the Wireless Sensor Network and considered as an effective tool for personal health monitoring [1,2,3]. It has gained importance with the development of wearable sensors. The Wi-Fi, Zig-Bee and Blue tooth technologies are most widely used in personal monitoring. These technologies have some limitations which put the question on its use in personal health monitoring.

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