Comparative Analysis of IEEE 802.15.4 and IEEE 802.15.6 Standards

A Wireless Personal Area Network is a network of interconnecting devices centered around an individual's work space. Wireless Sensor Networks as well as Body Area Networks can be used in a Wireless Personal Area Network. The IEEE 802.15 group is specifically concentrated on the standardization of the Wireless Personal Area Networks and also categorizes Wireless Sensor Networks (low powered) in the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. Body Area Networks are defined by the IEEE 802.15.6 standard. In this paper, both IEEE 802.15.4 and IEEE 802.15.6 are used on a similar setup with same parameters in order to study the outcome which may arise due to this type of implementation as it may be interesting to gauge the performance of a system of devices meant for a particular standard used with another standard.

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