Plain Text: S. Moulik, S. Misra and D. Das, "AT-MAC: Adaptive MAC-Frame Payload Tuning for Reliable Communication in Wireless Body Area Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1516-1529, 1 June 2017. doi: 10.1109/TMC.2016.2598166 ********************************** BibTex: @ARTICLE{7530829, author={S. {Moulik} and S. {Misra} and D. {Das}}, journal={IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing}, title={AT-MAC: Adaptive MAC-Frame Payload Tuning for Reliable Communication in Wireless Body Area Networks}, year={2017}, volume={16}, number={6}, pages={1516-1529}, keywords={access protocols;body area networks;carrier sense multiple access;Markov processes;packet radio networks;power consumption;probability;quality of service;telecommunication network reliability;telecommunication power management;wireless sensor networks;Zigbee;AT-MAC;adaptive MAC-frame payload tuning;communication reliability;wireless body area networks;medium access control parameters;QoS requirements;WBAN;packet delivery probability maximization;sensor node reliability;adaptively tuned MAC algorithm;IEEE 802.15.4 protocol;health parameters;Markov chain-based analytical approach;slotted CSMA-CA backoff mechanism;power consumption;network performance evaluation;low power IEEE 802.15.4 standard;wireless sensor networks;Reliability;Payloads;Biomedical monitoring;IEEE 802.15 Standard;Tuning;Wireless communication;Body area networks;Wireless body area network;IEEE 802.15.4 standard;Markov chain model;adaptive payload tuning;critical sensor node;criticality index}, doi={10.1109/TMC.2016.2598166}, ISSN={2161-9875}, month={June},}