Feasibility study for optical BAN

Author

Akiyama, J. ; Seki, D. ; Namita, T. ; Kato, Yu ; Shimizu, Kazuo

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

6-8 March 2013

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

17

Abstract

To examine the practical potential of an optical body area network (BAN) technique, a feasibility study was conducted of optical data transmission through a human hand using diffusely scattered light. The data transmission of 170 mm distance in a human hand was accomplished to show the possibility of the data transmission from the wrist to the fingertips in an adult hand. The frequency bandwidth for data transmission was restricted by the effect of strong scattering inside body tissues. In experiments using a human hand, the bandwidth was measured to be 2.80 GHz. The feasibility of BAN using diffusely scattered light in the body was verified through these analyses.

Keywords

body area networks; data communication; light scattering; optical communication; BAN technique; bandwidth 2.80 GHz; diffusely scattered light; feasibility study; frequency bandwidth; human hand; optical BAN; optical body area network technique; optical data transmission; Biomedical optical imaging; Data communication; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Thumb; Wrist; BAN; body area network; data transmission; diffusion; optical BAN; optical communication; scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), 2013 7th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

ISSN

2326-828X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5770-8

Electronic_ISBN

2326-828X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISMICT.2013.6521690

Filename

6521690