Simulation Analysis of Medium Access Techniques

TL;DR

This paper compares various medium access techniques in Wireless Body Area Networks to determine which provides the best throughput, lowest delay, and energy efficiency as load increases.

Contribution

It offers a comparative analysis of MAC techniques in WBANs focusing on throughput, delay, and energy efficiency, highlighting the most suitable method for different load conditions.

Findings

TDMA achieves higher throughput at increased load.

CSMA/CA results in lower delay under moderate load.

Energy efficiency varies significantly among techniques.

Abstract

This paper presents comparison of Access Techniques used in Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). Comparison is performed between Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA), Pure ALOHA and Slotted ALOHA (S-ALOHA). Performance metrics used for comparison are throughput (T), delay (D) and offered load (G). The main goal for comparison is to show which technique gives highest Throughput and lowest Delay with increase in Load. Energy efficiency is major issue in WBAN that is why there is need to know which technique performs best for energy conservation and also gives minimum delay.