CoR-MAC: Contention over Reservation MAC Protocol for Time-Critical Services in Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks

Reserving time slots for urgent data, such as life-critical information, seems to be very attractive to guarantee their deadline requirements in wireless body area sensor networks (WBASNs). On the other hand, this reservation imposes a negative impact on performance for the utilization of a channel....

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Main Authors: Jeongseok Yu, Laihyuk Park, Junho Park, Sungrae Cho, Changsup Keum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-05-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/5/656