Table 2 Cross layered protocols in body area networks

1

Biocomm and Biocomm-D [17]

To optimize the overall performance of the in vivo network

Maximum temperature rise, average energy consumption, packet delivery delay, percentage of injected packets dropped, cumulative network throughput

Shortest hop routing, hotspot preventive routing

2

Cascading information retrieval by controlling access with distributed slot assignment (CICADA) [14]

To introduce less delay and low energy consumption

End to end delay

–

3

TImezone coordinated sleep scheduling (TICOSS) [15]

To improve 802.15.4 through the division of the network into time zones

Network lifetime

IEEE 802.15.4 without TICOSS

4

Wireless autonomous spanning tree protocol (WASP) [16]

To reduce power consumption, network delay and packet loss rate

End to end delay

CSMA with fixed routing