MAC Processor for BASUMA Wireless Body Area Network

Z. Stamenković, D. Dietterle, G. Panić, W. Bocer, G. Schoof, and J.-P. Ebert (Germany)

Keywords

Wireless sensor network, MAC protocol modeling, protocol accelerator, system architecture, implementation, and verification

Abstract

: The paper describes the design, implementation, and verification of a system-on-chip aimed to execute the MAC protocol of an IEEE 802.15.3 standard compliant body area network. Acceleration of MAC protocol operations is achieved by a specific hardware/software partitioning. Except the MAC protocol accelerator, an on-chip flash is implemented to host system firmware. The paper ends presenting main features of the implemented system-on-chip.

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