Experimental implant communication of high data rate video using an ultra wideband radio link

Author

Chavez-Santiago, Raul ; Balasingham, Ilangko ; Bergsland, Jacob ; Zahid, Wasim ; Takizawa, Kenichi ; Miura, Ryu ; Huan-Bang Li

Author_Institution

Intervention Centre, Oslo Univ. Hosp., Oslo, Norway

fYear

2013

fDate

3-7 July 2013

Firstpage

5175

Lastpage

5178

Abstract

Ultra wideband (UWB) is one of the radio technologies adopted by the IEEE 802.15.6™-2012 standard for on-body communication in body area networks (BANs). However, a number of simulation-based studies suggest the feasibility of using UWB for high data rate implant communication too. This paper presents an experimental verification of said predictions. We carried out radio transmissions of H.264/1280×720 pixels video at 80 Mbps through a UWB multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) interface in a porcine chirurgical model. The results demonstrated successful transmission up to a maximum depth of 30 mm in the abdomen and 33 mm in the thorax within the 4.2-4.8 GHz frequency band.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; body area networks; ultra wideband communication; video coding; BAN; H.264 video; IEEE 802.15.6-2012 standard; MB-OFDM interface; UWB communication; UWB multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; body area networks; frequency 4.2 GHz to 4.8 GHz; high data rate video; implant communication; on-body communication; porcine chirurgical model; radio transmissions; ultrawideband communication; ultrawideband radio link; Educational institutions; Implants; Standards; Thorax; Transceivers; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Osaka

ISSN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610714

Filename

6610714