@ARTICLE{7005435,
author={S. Sarkar and S. Misra and B. Bandyopadhyay and C. Chakraborty and M. S. Obaidat},
journal={IEEE Transactions on Computers},
title={Performance Analysis of IEEE 802.15.6 MAC Protocol under Non-Ideal Channel Conditions and Saturated Traffic Regime},
year={2015},
volume={64},
number={10},
pages={2912-2925},
keywords={Markov processes;WiMax;access protocols;body area networks;quality of service;telecommunication network reliability;telecommunication traffic;wireless channels;DTMC;IEEE 802.15.6 CSMA-CA-based WBAN;IEEE 802.15.6 MAC protocol;IEEE 802.15.6 Task Group;IEEE 802.15.6 standardization;PHY layer protocol;average delay;discrete-time Markov chain-based analysis;extremely low power wireless communication;high data rates;high quality-of-service;medium access control layer protocol;nonideal channel conditions;performance analysis;physical layer protocol;power consumption;reliability;saturated network traffic regime;throughput;user priority-wise analysis;wireless body area networks;IEEE 802.15 Standards;Medical services;Multiaccess communication;Protocols;Radiation detectors;Wireless communication;Discrete-time Markov model;IEEE 802.15.6;Performance evaluation;User priorities;WBAN;discrete-time Markov model;performance evaluation;user priorities},
doi={10.1109/TC.2015.2389806},
ISSN={0018-9340},
month={Oct} }