Title :
Human body: The future communication channel for WBAN
Author :
Ansari, Abdul Rahim ; Sunghyun Cho
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Mehran Univ. of Eng. & Technol., Jamshoro, Pakistan
Abstract :
WBAN is a network of wireless sensor nodes in which in- and/or on-body sensor nodes communicate with central hub as well as with each other. It provides effective health monitoring services along with many other applications. WBAN uses either RF or non-RF based communication techniques. Human body communication (HBC) is a non-RF technique, which utilizes the human body as a communication channel. This paper surveys the typical HBC schemes and compares the performance of RF-based and HBC-based WBANs.
Keywords :
body area networks; body sensor networks; HBC-based WBAN; RF-based WBAN; RF-based communication technique; central hub; communication channel; health monitoring services; human body communication; in-body sensor nodes; nonRF-based communication technique; on-body sensor nodes; typical HBC scheme; wireless sensor node network; Couplings; Electrodes; Radio frequency; Receivers; Transmitters; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; RF communication; human body communication (HBC); non-RF communication; wireless body area network;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics (ISCE 2014), The 18th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
JeJu Island
DOI :
10.1109/ISCE.2014.6884540
