Efficient techniques for improving coexistence problem in wireless body area network

Md Zahirul Islam, Mohammad Shah Alam, Shafika Showkat Moni

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Abstract

Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) is a time critical remote network where various physiological information of patients are sent through satisfying stringent QoS requirements. However, performance of WBAN may degrade severely due to the coexistence problem, a well known phenomenon where different wireless channel access technologies share the overlapped frequency bands. In this paper, the coexistence problem of WBAN is addressed in terms of mutual interference mitigation and cross interference mitigation. A fuzzy logic based algorithm is proposed to detect the mutual interference and to mitigate it. Furthermore, a channel hopping technique is investigated to mitigate the cross interference problem. Simulation results show that our proposed techniques effectively mitigate the coexistence problem in WBAN scenarios.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication19th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, ICCIT 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages13-18
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781509040896
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Feb 2017
Event19th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, ICCIT 2016 - Dhaka, Bangladesh
Duration: 18 Dec 201620 Dec 2016

Publication series

Name19th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, ICCIT 2016

Conference

Conference19th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, ICCIT 2016
Country/TerritoryBangladesh
CityDhaka
Period18/12/1620/12/16

Keywords

  • Cross interference
  • GTS
  • Mutual interference

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