Energy-efficient protocols for wireless communication in biosensor networks

V. Shankar, A. Natarajan, Sandeep Gupta, L. Schwiebert

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Abstract

Advances in semiconductor technology have made it possible to build miniature but reliable biosensors. A network of such biosensors can be implanted in humans for health monitoring and prosthesis. However, such networks are fundamentally different from other wireless networks. They have a continuous but very small source of power. This energy constraint necessitates the use of highly energy-efficient communications protocols. We present two such protocols in the context of a biomedical application we are working on, namely, retinal prosthesis. Our first approach is a cluster-based protocol in which only a small fraction of the nodes make expensive long distance transmits to the external base station. Our second approach is a tree-based protocol. We also analyse the energy efficiency of these protocols while varying parameters such as number of nodes in the system and distance between nodes. Our analysis shows that the cluster-based protocol has better energy performance.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationIEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC
Volume1
StatePublished - 2001
Event12th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2001) - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: Sep 30 2001Oct 3 2001

Other

Other12th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2001)
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period9/30/0110/3/01

Keywords

  • Biomedical applications
  • Embedded sensors
  • Energy efficiency
  • Network protocols
  • Wireless LAN

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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