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We have considered the beacon mode of ZigBee.
The beacon mode introduces the so-called superframe structure.
In order to support the diverse application scenarios in WBANs, IEEE 802.15.6 operates in one of the following three access modes: beacon mode with superframes, non-beacon mode with superframes, and non-beacon mode without superframes.
The superframe structure under beacon mode with superframes is shown in Fig. 3.
Fig. 3 Superframe structure in beacon mode with superframes in IEEE 802.15.6.
Layout of access phases in a beacon period (superframe) for beacon mode.
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Chen and Oliveira created it because switching a phone to airplane mode does not guarantee that all of a phone's radios are offline and not transmitting, as some beacon modes can be triggered due to factory loaded settings.
Fig. 5 Enabled-Beacon Mode MAC Superframe. Figure 6 (re-drawn from [4]) shows the structure of non-beacon MAC Superframe structure.
In the non-beacon mode, Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA-CA) is used, which requires long listening periods which decrease the energy efficiency of the protocol.
In this research both beacon enabled mode and beaconless modes have been investigated with Guaranteed Time Slots (GTS) and virtual Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) respectively.
The IEEE 802.15.4 standard can operate in beacon-enabled mode and non-beacon-enabled mode.
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