NDLI: Practical comparison of ranging in IEEE 802.15.4 and IEEE 802.15.4a medical body sensor networks

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Author	Neirynck, Dries Espina, Javier Philips, Kathleen de Groot, Harmke
Abstract	In this paper, a practical comparison of the wireless standards IEEE 802.15.4 and IEEE 802.15.4a is described. Particularly the ranging capabilities of both systems are studied, with the aim of enabling a senior health monitoring application to automatically detect with which user sensors are associated. The relevant characteristics of both systems are presented, as well as the difference between received signal strength and time of arrival based ranging methods. Next, a measurement campaign based on a TI 802.15.4/Zigbee chipset and IMEC's 802.15.4a demonstrator is presented. Results show that the received signal strength is too heavily influenced by other parameters to use it as a metric for accurate distance estimation. IEEE 802.15.4a based time of arrival methods are far more accurate. Particularly leading edge detection performs well, with an average error in line-of-sight conditions below 6 cm.
Starting Page	16
Ending Page	22
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450300292
DOI	10.1145/2221924.2221928
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2010-09-10
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Health monitoring Ieee 802.15.4 Body sensor networks Ultra-wideband Elderly care Body area networks Ranging Ieee 802.15.4a
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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Practical comparison of ranging in IEEE 802.15.4 and IEEE 802.15.4a medical body sensor networks