Dependence of transmission characteristics of intra-body communication system on the body posture and surrounding environment

Author

Igou, Shouta ; Taki, Masao ; Furuya, Akinori ; Shibata, Nobutaro ; Shinagawa, Mitsuru ; Hattori, Mitsuo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2011

fDate

13-20 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The transmission characteristics of an intra-body communication system using electric near-field was investigated with the interest in the dependency on posture of human body and surrounding environment. Numerical approach was employed for the investigation. The received voltage depended on the posture of the human body but the variation was not quite critical as far as the conditions assumed in this study. Presence of a metal door in front of the body showed enhancement of transmission from wearable device to the floor-buried device.

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; biomechanics; body area networks; numerical analysis; physiological models; body posture; electric near field; floor buried device; intrabody communication system; numerical approach; surrounding environment; transmission characteristics; voltage; wearable device; Communication systems; Electrodes; Hip; Humans; Numerical models; Receivers; Software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5117-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6051395

Filename

6051395