Title :
Ultra low power UWB transceiver design for body area networks
Author :
Hernandez, Marco ; Kohno, Ryuji
Author_Institution :
Med. Inf. & Commun. Technol. Group, Nat. Inst. of Commun. & Inf. Technol., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
We present in the paper a novel IR-UWB design and proposal to the standardization IEEE 802.15.6 Task Group for future BANs with a wideband PHY. Transmitter and detectors are described. Simulations results in terms of PER plus link budget and power consumption are provided.
Keywords :
body area networks; transceivers; ultra wideband communication; IEEE 802.15.6; IR-UWB design; PER plus link budget; body area networks; detectors; power consumption; transmitter; ultra low power UWB transceiver; wideband PHY; Batteries; Body area networks; Body sensor networks; Circuit synthesis; Energy consumption; Interference; Physical layer; Proposals; Temperature sensors; Transceivers; BANs; IR-UWB;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies, 2009. ISABEL 2009. 2nd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bratislava
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4640-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4641-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISABEL.2009.5373705
