Integration of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) and WAN, WiMAX and LTE

( Long Hu ),( Ong Mau Dung ),( Qiang Liu ),( Tao Han ),( Yantao Sun ) 한국인터넷정보학회 2013 KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Syst Vol.7 No.5

Nowadays, wireless communication has a great advantage in technology. We use wireless devices almost in all expected life such as: entertainment, working and recently in the healthcare area, where Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) become a hot topic for researchers and system designers. Recent work on WBANs focus on related issues to communication protocol, especially ZigBee network is fine tuned to meet particular requirements in healthcare area. For example, some papers present real-time patient monitoring via ZigBee communication given the short distance between body sensors and remote devices, while the other work solve the limited coverage problem of Zigbee by designing mechanisms to relay Zigbee data to other types of wire or wireless infrastructure. However, very few of them investigate the scenarios of ZigBee coexisting or integrated with other networks. In this paper, we present the real-time data transmission from ZigBee end devices to Wide Area Network (WAN), Worldwide interoperation for microwave access network (WiMAX) and Long Term Evolution network (LTE). We provide in detail the ZigBee gateway components. Our simulation is conducted by OPNET, we visualize many topology network scenarios in ZigBee hybrid system. The results in simulation show that ZigBee end devices can successfully transmit data in real-time to other network end devices.

WBAN 환경에서 응급 데이터 전송을 위한 우선순위 기반 MAC 프로토콜

이협건(Hyeopgeon Lee),이경화(Kyounghwa Lee),신용태(Yongtae Shin) 大韓電子工學會 2012 電子工學會論文誌-TC (Telecommunications) Vol.49 No.4

WBAN(Wireless Body Area Networks)은 인체를 기준으로 인체 내·외부로부터 반경 3미터 이내의 무선통신이다. WBAN은 WBAN MAC 프로토콜 요구사항에 적합한 IEEE 802.15.4 MAC 프로토콜을 많이 사용하고 있다. IEEE 802.15.4 MAC 프로토콜은 QoS(Quality of Service)를 요구하는 응용프로그램들의 패킷 전송을 보장하기 위해 비경쟁 접근 방식에 의한 GTS(Guaranteed Time Slot) 할당 기법을 지원한다. 그러나 IEEE 802.15.4 MAC 프로토콜의 GTS 할당 기법은 패킷이 도착한 순서에 따라 채널을 할당하는 FIFS(First In First Service) 큐잉을 사용하여 패킷을 처리함으로서 데이터 전송 신뢰도를 저하시키고, 전송 지연이 발생하여 응급 데이터 전송에 적합하지 않다. 이에 본 논문에서는 응급 데이터 전송을 위한 우선순위 기반 WBAN MAC 프로토콜을 제안한다. 제안하는 MAC 프로토콜은 전송하려는 데이터에 우선순위를 부여하여 응급 데이터의 GTS 요청 처리율을 높이고 GTS 할당 지연시간을 감소시켜 응급 데이터 전송 신뢰도를 향상시킨다. Please WBAN(Wireless Body Area Networks) is wireless communication of within 3 m radius from inside and outside of the body. WBAN is many uses IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol for WBAN MAC protocol requirements. IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol applies GTS(Guaranteed Time Slot) allocation scheme for guarantee packet delivery of application which requests QoS(Quality of Service). However, GTS allocation scheme of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol uses FIFS(First In First Service) queueing. So it reduces data transmission reliability and has many problems. Therefore, IEEE 802.15.4 applies not WBAN MAC protocol for emergency data transmission. In this paper, we proposes a priority based MAC protocol for emergency data transmission in wireless body area networks. the proposal MAC protocol sets priority the data. So GTS reqeuest throughput of emergency data increasing and GTS allocation delay of emergency data decreasing.

WBAN 채널 모델의 검토

강희조(Heau-Jo Kang) 한국정보기술학회 2010 Proceedings of KIIT Conference Vol.2010 No.-

유비쿼터스 네트워크를 지원하는데 있어서 무선 통신 네트워킹 기술은 중요한 역할을 하고 있다. Wireless Body Area Network(WEAN)은 IT-BT一NT 융합의 대표적인 기술로서 사람에게 보다 향상된 품질과 편의를 제공한다. 본 논문에서는 WEAN 채널 모델과 사용주파수 대역을 검토하고자 한다. Wireless communication networking technology plays an important part in supporting ubiquitous network. IT, BT and NT convergence of typical techniques for Wireless body area network (WBAN) provides the quality and convenience. In this paper, we study on the WBAN channel model and use frequency band.

Power Analysis Attacks and Countermeasures on NTRU-Based Wireless Body Area Networks

( An Wang ),( Xuexin Zheng ),( Zongyue Wang ) 한국인터넷정보학회 2013 KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Syst Vol.7 No.5

NTRU cryptosystem has been suggested for protecting wireless body area networks, which is secure in the sense of traditional cryptanalysis. In this paper, we fulfill the first power analysis attack on the ultra-low-power environment of wireless body area networks. Specifically, two practical differential power analyses on NTRU algorithm are proposed, which can attack the existing countermeasures of NTRU. Accordingly, we suggest three countermeasures against our attacks. Meanwhile, practical experiments show that although the attacks in this paper are efficient, our countermeasures can resist them effectively.

무선 신체 망에서 망의 생존시간을 보장하는 에너지 인지 망 구성 관리 기법

서수호(Su-Ho Seo),나재욱(Jae-Wook Nah),박종태(Jong-Tae Park) 한국통신학회 2009 韓國通信學會論文誌 Vol.34 No.10C

최근 유비쿼터스 헬스케어 서비스를 위한 무선 신체 망에 대한 연구가 IEEE 등을 중심으로 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 무선 신체망은 전력제한 및 생체특성을 반영하여 멀티 홉 통신 기반의 부모노드 및 자식노드로 구성된 트리형태로 구성되는 경우가 많다. 이 경우 기존의 센서 네트워크와 달리 빈번한 신체의 움직임으로 망에 연결되어 있는 노드의 연결이 끊어질 가능성이 높으며 각 노드의 전력소모 제한으로 인해 각 노드에서 처리 가능한 노드 연결 수에 제한이 있다. 본 연구에서는 노드가 망과 연결이 끊어졌을 경우 노드가 전송할 패킷의 우선 순위를 고려하여 QoS를 만족하면서 최적의 부모 노드를 선택하는 휴리스틱 알고리즘을 제안한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안한 알고리즘의 성능분석을 하였으며 그 결과 본 연구에서 제안한 알고리즘이 망의 생존시간이 더 길다는 것을 확인하였다. Recently, the study on wireless body area network for providing ubiquitous healthcare services has been actively done, including the standardization of the IEEE and others. Wireless body area network is usually configured in tree format using multi-hop communication mode due to the power limitation and the characteristics of human body. In this case, differently from existing sensor network, the wireless body area network tends to be disconnected due to the frequent movement of human body. The number of connections which can be supported at each node has some limitations due to the constraint imposed on power consumption. In this paper, we have proposed a heuristic algorithm for optimal selection of parent node with guaranteed QoS for a disconnected node, which considers the priority on packet transmission. Simulation has been performed to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm.

Modeling and Performance Analysis of MAC Protocol for WBAN with Finite Buffer

( Minglei Shu ),( Dongfeng Yuan ),( Changfang Chen ),( Yinglong Wang ),( Chongqing Zhang ) 한국인터넷정보학회 2015 KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Syst Vol.9 No.11

The IEEE 802.15.6 standard is introduced to satisfy all the requirements for monitoring systems operating in, on, or around the human body. In this paper, analytical models are developed for evaluating the performance of the IEEE 802.15.6 CSMA/CA-based medium access control protocol for wireless body area networks (WBAN) under unsaturation condition. We employ a three-dimensional Markov chain to model the backoff procedure, and an M/G/1/K queuing system to describe the packet queues in the buffer. The throughput and delay performances of WBAN operating in the beacon mode are analyzed in heterogeneous network comprised of different user priorities. Simulation results are included to demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed analytical model.

A Survey on Key Management Strategies for Different Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks

Syed Muhammad Khaliq-ur-Rahman,Sungyoung Lee 한국정보과학회 2010 Journal of Computing Science and Engineering Vol.4 No.1

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) have proved to be useful in applications that involve monitoring of real-time data. There is a wide variety of monitoring applications that can employ Wireless Sensor Network. Characteristics of a WSN, such as topology and scale, depend upon the application, for which it is employed. Security requirements in WSN vary according to the application dependent network characteristics and the characteristics of an application itself. Key management is the most important aspect of security as some other security modules depend on it. We discuss application dependent variations in WSN, corresponding changes in the security requirements of WSN and the applicability of existing key management solutions in each scenario.

응용 및 융합 기술 : WBAN 기반의 의료용 게이트웨이 구현에 관한 연구

박용민 ( Yong Min Park ) 한국항행학회 2014 韓國航行學會論文誌 Vol.18 No.6

WBAN 기술은 3 m 이내에 위치한 인체 내부 및 외부 디바이스들을 무선으로 연결하는 근거리 무선통신 기술이다. WBAN 기반의 센서 네트워크를 지원하기 위해서는 WBAN 미들웨어 및 응용서비스를 위한 핵심 기술의 개발이 필요하다. 환자의 생체 정보를 수집하기위한 장치로는 한백전자에서 출시된 zigbex를 사용하였으며 생체 정보를 수집하기 위한 메시지 구조로 바이오 모듈 메시지를 제안하였다. WBAN 환경을 위한 게이트웨이 설계 및 구현을 위하여 한백전자의 임베디드 시스템인 HBE-empos II를 사용하였으며 WBAN 네트워크를 위한 BNC와 BN를 구현하기 위해서 HBE-ubi-zigbex를 사용하였다. 마지막으로 제안한 센서 게이트웨이를 사용하여 다른 네트워크와 연동이 가능함을 확인 하였다. The WBAN technology means a short distance wireless network which provides each device`s interactive communication by connecting devices inside and outside of body located within 3 meters. It is necessary to develop core technology that the WBAN middleware and application service for WBAN sensor network. A device for gathering patient`s biometric information was used zigbex of Hanbaek electronics and we designed the message structure which is collected the biometric information. The gateway design and implementation for the WBAN environment. The embedded system was HBE-empos II of Hanbaek electronics and the WBAN network is implemented to BNC and BN that used for hbe-ubi-zigbex. It was confirmed that the proposed sensor gateway could be used for the interconnection of the proposed system with other networks.

Novel UWB Transceiver for WBAN Networks: A Study on AWGN Channels

Chengshi Zhao,Zheng Zhou,곽경섭 한국전자통신연구원 2010 ETRI Journal Vol.32 No.1

A novel ultra-wideband (UWB) transceiver structure is presented to be used in wireless body area networks (WBANs). In the proposed structure, a data channel and a control channel are combined into a single transmission signal. In the signal, a modulation method mixing pulse position modulation and pulse amplitude modulation is proposed. A mathematical framework calculating the power spectrum density of the proposed pulse-based signal evaluates its coexistence with conventional radio systems. The transceiver structure is discussed, and the receiving performance is investigated in the additive white Gaussian noise channel. It is demonstrated that the proposed scheme is easier to match to the UWB emission mask than conventional UWB systems. The proposed scheme achieves the data rate requirement of WBAN; the logical control channel achieves better receiving performance than the logical data channel, which is useful for controlling and maintaining networks. The proposed scheme is also easy to implement.

A Survey on Key Management Strategies for Different Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks

Raazi, Syed Muhammad Khaliq-Ur-Rahman,Lee, Sung-Young Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Eng 2010 Journal of Computing Science and Engineering Vol.4 No.1

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) have proved to be useful in applications that involve monitoring of real-time data. There is a wide variety of monitoring applications that can employ Wireless Sensor Network. Characteristics of a WSN, such as topology and scale, depend upon the application, for which it is employed. Security requirements in WSN vary according to the application dependent network characteristics and the characteristics of an application itself. Key management is the most important aspect of security as some other security modules depend on it. We discuss application dependent variations in WSN, corresponding changes in the security requirements of WSN and the applicability of existing key management solutions in each scenario.