Medical wireless body sensor networks at microwave versus mm-wave bands

Author

Xiao Li ; Nechayev, Yuriy I. ; Constantinou, Costas C.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

8-10 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A comparison of single on-body links at microwave and millimetre wave bands is presented for medical application scenarios. Example body sensor positions (chest and abdomen) were selected. Two movement scenarios are investigated: Laying down still and randomly moving from a laying down position to a semi-reclined position, sitting up, or turning side-to-side. The measured cumulative distribution function of the signal to interference ratio for two subjects situated 1.5 m apart is compared at 2.4 GHz and 60 GHz. Results show that the single on-body hop signal level at 2.4 GHz is much stronger than that at 60 GHz, but also suffers from unacceptably higher interference level.

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical telemetry; body sensor networks; electromagnetic wave interference; microwave devices; millimetre wave devices; telemedicine; abdomen position; body sensor position selection; chest position; cumulative distribution function measurement; distance 1.5 m; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency 60 GHz; interference level; laying down position; medical application scenario; medical wireless body sensor network; microwave band; millimetre wave band; mm-wave band; random movement scenario; semi-reclined position; side-to-side turning; signal strength; signal to interference ratio; single on-body hop signal level; single on-body link comparison; sitting up; still laying down scenario; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Communication system security; Gain; Interference; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Microwaves; Millimetre waves; Wireless body sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RF and Wireless Technologies for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications (IMWS-Bio), 2014 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5445-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMWS-BIO.2014.7032413

Filename

7032413