Research Article

Delay, Reliability, and Throughput Based QoS Profile: A MAC Layer Performance Optimization Mechanism for Biomedical Applications in Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks

Table 5

(a) End-to-end delay in the beaconless mode for 868 MHz. (b) End-to-end delay in the beaconless mode for 2.4 GHz.
(a)

Few DRT-combinations of reliability and delay sensitive applications for 868 MHz and 20 kbps for the nonbeacon mode
Parameter combinationED delay (ms)

222.072
168.7
237.8
258
235
217
262
237
1474

(b)

DRT-combination of reliability and delay sensitive applications for 2.4 GHz and 250 kbps for the nonbeacon mode IEEE 802.15.4
Parameter combinationED delay (ms)

13
108
117
195
223
222
225
250
248