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IEEE Std 802.15.6-2012
IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks―
Part 15.6: Wireless Body Area Networks
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downlink allocation, or a bilink allocation, suitable for servicing high duty cycle periodic or quasi-periodic
traffic on a committed schedule. A 1-periodic unscheduled bilink allocation is a bilink allocation, suitable
for servicing high duty cycle periodic or quasi-periodic traffic on a best-effort basis.
pairwise temporal key (PTK): A secret bit string shared between a node and a hub and used to secure
frames transferred between them.
pairwise temporal key (PTK) creation: A procedure used to create a PTK between a node and a hub
based on a master key (MK) shared between them, and to confirm possession of a shared MK between the
node and the hub.
poll: A control type frame or its variant sent by a hub to grant an immediate polled allocation to the
addressed node or to inform the node of a future poll or post.
polled allocation: A non-reoccurring time interval that a hub grants to a node using polling access for
initiating one or more frame transactions by the node. A polled allocation is an uplink allocation interval,
suitable for servicing “ordinary,” “unexpected,” or “extra” uplink traffic (for example, due to data rate
variations and/or channel impairments). A polled allocation is also called a polled allocation interval.
polling access: An access method, based on impromptu or scheduled polling by a hub, whereby a hub
grants to a node a polled allocation for initiating one or more frame transactions by the node.
post: A management or data type frame sent by a hub to a node within its body area network (BAN). A
post starts a posted allocation.
posted allocation: A non-reoccurring time interval that a hub grants to itself using posting access for
initiating a frame transaction. A posted allocation is a downlink allocation interval, suitable for servicing
“unexpected” or “extra” downlink traffic (for example, due to network management needs, data rate
variations, and/or channel impairments).
posting access: An access method, based on impromptu or scheduled posting by a hub, whereby a hub
grants to itself a posted allocation, typically outside scheduled uplink allocations, for initiating one or more
frame transactions by the hub.
random access: An access method, based on carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
(CSMA/CA) or slotted Aloha access but not both, whereby a node obtains a time interval in a random
access phase (RAP) for initiating one or more frame transactions.
random access phase (RAP): A time span set aside by a hub and announced via a beacon frame for
random access to the medium by the nodes in the body area network (BAN) of the hub.
relayed node: A node that communicates with a hub through another node.
relaying node: A node through which another node communicates with a hub.
scheduled access: An access method, based on advance reservation and committed scheduling, whereby a
node and a hub obtain scheduled reoccurring time intervals for initiating frame transactions.
scheduled allocation: One or more scheduled reoccurring time intervals that a node and a hub obtains
using scheduled access for initiating frame transactions. A scheduled allocation is an uplink allocation, a
downlink allocation, or a bilink allocation, suitable for servicing high or low duty cycle periodic or quasi-
periodic traffic on a committed schedule.
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