Body Area Network and Its Standardization at IEEE 802.15.MBAN

Author

Li, Huan-Bang ; Takizawa, Ken-Ichi ; Zhen, Bin ; Kohno, Ryuji

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Nat. Univ., Yokosuka

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 July 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Wireless communication networking technologies play an important role in supporting ubiquitous networks. Body area network (BAN) is a small-scale wireless communication network, which is considered as a potential technology to provide extremely high quality and convenience for people in a more direct manner. This paper foresees some aspects of BAN. Possible application areas and usage models are overviewed. Some wireless communication technologies are compared for their suitability in supporting BAN. Moreover, a prototype BAN was developed for transmission of three-dimensional accelerating data. Finally, a group of IEEE 802.15.MBAN for standardization on medical BAN is introduced. Some activities of this group are reviewed.

Keywords

IEEE standards; personal area networks; telecommunication standards; ubiquitous computing; IEEE 802.15.MBAN; body area network; three-dimensional accelerating data; ubiquitous networks; wireless communication networking; Acceleration; Body area networks; Body sensor networks; Communications technology; Medical services; Prototypes; Standardization; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Body area nework(BAN); IEEE802.15. MBAN; Short range communications; healthcare and medical applications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, 2007. 16th IST

Conference_Location

Budapest

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1662-0

Electronic_ISBN

963-8111-66-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISTMWC.2007.4299334

Filename

4299334