The Signal Transmission Mechanism on the Surface of Human Body for Body Channel Communication

Author

Bae, Joonsung ; Cho, Hyunwoo ; Song, Kiseok ; Lee, Hyungwoo ; Yoo, Hoi-Jun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

60

Issue

3

fYear

2012

fDate

3/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

582

Lastpage

593

Abstract

The signal transmission mechanism on the surface of the human body is studied for the application to body channel communication (BCC). From Maxwell´s equations, the complete equation of electrical field on the human body is developed to obtain a general BCC model. The mechanism of BCC consists of three parts according to the operating frequencies and channel distances: the quasi-static near-field coupling part, the reactive induction-field radiation part, and the surface wave far-field propagation part. The general BCC model by means of the near-field and far-field approximation is developed to be valid in the frequency range from 100 kHz to 100 MHz and distance up to 1.3 m based on the measurements of the body channel characteristics. Finally, path loss characteristics of BCC are formulated for the design of BCC systems and many potential applications.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biological effects of fields; body area networks; Maxwell´s equations; body channel communication; electrical field equation; general BCC model; human body surface; quasi-static near-field coupling; reactive induction-field radiation; signal transmission mechanism; surface wave far-field propagation; Attenuation; Biological system modeling; Couplings; Frequency response; Mathematical model; Surface waves; Body channel communication; electric field communication; far-field propagation; general model; human body communication; intra-body communication; near-field coupling; on-body transmission; quasi-static; surface wave; transmission mechanism;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2011.2178857

Filename

6132439