DocumentCode
2359790
Title
Design considerations for implant — On-body UWB communication for medical applications
Author
Gordillo, Alex Cartagena ; Zhou, Kui
fYear
2011
fDate
17-20 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
5
Abstract
In this paper, we analyze the current issues for designing a communications system among implant and on-body nodes employing ultra wideband (UWB) technology. As a result, we propose a modulation scheme ad-hoc for this environment that besides being suitable for this propagation channel, it allows to employ antenna diversity on the on-body nodes. Antenna diversity permits to improve signal to noise ratio and avoid using transmission diversity, which limits the exposition of human tissue to electromagnetic radiation.
Keywords
biological tissues; biomedical communication; prosthetics; ultra wideband communication; design consideration; electromagnetic radiation; human tissue; implant; modulation scheme; on-body UWB communication; ultra wideband technology; Bandwidth; Implants; Modulation; Receiving antennas; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless communication;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Telecommunications (CONATEL), 2011 2nd National Conference on
Conference_Location
Catolica San Pablo, Arequipa
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1046-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CONATEL.2011.5958662
Filename
5958662
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