MULTI-CHANNEL COMMUNICATION SCHEME FOR MEDICAL BODY AREA NETWORK (MBAN) TO MEET DUTY CYCLE REGULATION
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1. A system for maintaining a medical body area network, MBAN, said system comprising:
- at least one controller configured to;
communicate with devices of the MBAN over one or more channels of the MBAN, the one or more channels including a primary channel and a secondary channel, and each of the devices assigned to one of the one or more channels;
continuously monitor a duty cycle of each of the one or more channels;
in response to the duty cycle of the primary channel meeting or exceeding a duty cycle limit, move a device of the devices to the secondary channel; and
communicate with the devices over each of the primary and secondary channels using a beacon-based superframe structure,wherein beacons of the primary channel include data regarding the superframe structure of the secondary channel.
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Abstract
A system and a method maintain a medical body area network (MBAN). Devices of the MBAN are communicated with over one or more channels of the MBAN. The one or more channels include a primary channel, and each of the devices is assigned to one of the one or more channels. Further, a duty cycle of each of the one or more channels is continuously monitored. In response to the duty cycle of the primary channel meeting or exceeding a duty cycle limit, a device of the devices is moved to a secondary channel.
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1. A system for maintaining a medical body area network, MBAN, said system comprising:
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at least one controller configured to; communicate with devices of the MBAN over one or more channels of the MBAN, the one or more channels including a primary channel and a secondary channel, and each of the devices assigned to one of the one or more channels; continuously monitor a duty cycle of each of the one or more channels; in response to the duty cycle of the primary channel meeting or exceeding a duty cycle limit, move a device of the devices to the secondary channel; and communicate with the devices over each of the primary and secondary channels using a beacon-based superframe structure, wherein beacons of the primary channel include data regarding the superframe structure of the secondary channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for maintaining a medical body area network, MBAN, said method comprising:
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communicating with devices of the MBAN over one or more channels of the MBAN, the one or more channels including a primary channel and a secondary channel, and each of the devices assigned to one of the one or more channels; continuously monitoring a duty cycle of each of the one or more channels; in response to the duty cycle of the primary channel meeting or exceeding a duty cycle limit, moving a device of the devices to the secondary channel; and communicating with the devices over each of the primary and secondary channels using a beacon-based superframe structure, wherein beacons of the primary channel include data regarding the superframe structure of the secondary channel. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. At least one controller, the controller configured to perform the following steps:
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communicating with devices of the MBAN over one or more channels of the MBAN, the one or more channels including a primary channel and a secondary channel, and each of the devices assigned to one of the one or more channels; continuously monitoring a duty cycle of each of the one or more channels; in response to the duty cycle of the primary channel meeting or exceeding a duty cycle limit, moving a device of the devices to the secondary channel; and communicating with the devices over each of the primary and secondary channels using a beacon-based superframe structure, wherein beacons of the primary channel include data regarding the superframe structure of the secondary channel.
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