Research Article

An Adaptive Backoff Mechanism for IEEE 802.15.4 Beacon-Enabled Wireless Body Area Networks

Algorithm 1

RAI-MAC at coordinator.
Data:  set
Result:  R-MAP with node and information
R-MAP
if  changePkt == 1   == 1  then
while    do
 Let denotes the number of packets dropped by node in the last superframe
if    MaxThreshold  then
 R-MAP R-MAP
end
if    MidThreshold  &    MaxThreshold  then
 R-MAP R-MAP
end
if    MinThreshold  &    MidThreshold  then
 R-MAP R-MAP
end
end
 Insert R-MAP into the Beacon
end
Broadcast Beacon