Delay calculation and error compensation in TBCD-TDM communication protocol for wireless body sensor networks

F. Fereydouni Forouzandeh, O. Ait Mohamed, M. Sawan, F. Awwad

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Abstract

Implantable sensor network becomes nowadays an important area of research. Sensors are implanted inside the patient body to measure its physiological changes and send them wirelessly to an external close-by device. Such network is called IWBSN (Implantable Wireless Body Sensor Network). The life time of the embedded batteries associated with these tiny sensor nodes is too short. Hence power consumption is the most important design metrics associated with these sensors. A novel ultra low energy communication protocol has been proposed to address the life time of the battery within the sensor. Our proposed protocol is based on time synchronization between all sensor nodes and the base station, where the delay of the wireless signal propagation is very critical. Tracking of the time synchronization using the standard algorithms is very costly energy-wise. In this paper, we propose a technique which automatically calculates the delay (sensor-node to Base-station) and compensates for any discrepancies. This correction is done while saving the tiny energy resources inside the sensor nodes. Our proposed solution has been tested wirelessly through transceiver boards using a single FPGA board. The experimental results have shown the correctness of our protocol along with the delay correction technique.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 8th IEEE International NEWCAS Conference, NEWCAS2010
Pages17-20
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Event8th IEEE International NEWCAS Conference, NEWCAS 2010 - Montreal, QC, Canada
Duration: Jun 20 2010Jun 23 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 8th IEEE International NEWCAS Conference, NEWCAS2010

Other

Other8th IEEE International NEWCAS Conference, NEWCAS 2010
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal, QC
Period6/20/106/23/10

Keywords

  • Biomedical
  • Low-Energy
  • Synchronization
  • Wireless

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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