University of Canterbury. Computer Science and Software Engineering
Abstract
We consider scenarios where a large number of wireless body sensor networks
(WBSN) meets at the same location, as can happen for example at sports events,
and assess the impact of their mutual interference on their achievable transmission
reliability. In particular, we consider several of MAC- and application
parameters for a range of static and dynamic schemes for allocating WBSNs
to frequencies, and determine their relative impacts on achievable performance.
Our results indicate that parameters related to the MAC backoff scheme have
by far the largest impact on performance, and that frequency adaptation can
provide substantial performance benefits
