Research Article
Wireless TDMA-Based Body Area Network Platform Gathering Multibiosignals Synchronized with Patient’s Heartbeat
Table 3
Comparison between wireless protocols.
| | Protocol | ANT | Bluetooth SMART | ZigBee |
| | Standardization | Proprietary | Standard | Standard |
| | Topologies | Point-to-point, star, tree, mesh | Point-to-point, star | Mesh |
| | Range | 30 m at 0 dBm | 10-100 m | 10-100 m |
| | Max data rate | Broadcast/Ack – 12.8 kbit/s | 1 Mbit/s | 250 kbit/s | | Burst – 20 kbit/s | | Advanced Burst – 60 kbit/s |
| | Application throughput | 0.5 Hz to 200 Hz | 305 kbit/s | |
| | Max nodes in piconet | 65536 per shared channel (8 shared channels) | 1 master and 7 slaves | Star – 65536 |
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