Title :
Feasibility study for optical BAN
Author :
Akiyama, J. ; Seki, D. ; Namita, T. ; Kato, Yu ; Shimizu, Kazuo
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
Abstract :
To examine the practical potential of an optical body area network (BAN) technique, a feasibility study was conducted of optical data transmission through a human hand using diffusely scattered light. The data transmission of 170 mm distance in a human hand was accomplished to show the possibility of the data transmission from the wrist to the fingertips in an adult hand. The frequency bandwidth for data transmission was restricted by the effect of strong scattering inside body tissues. In experiments using a human hand, the bandwidth was measured to be 2.80 GHz. The feasibility of BAN using diffusely scattered light in the body was verified through these analyses.
Keywords :
body area networks; data communication; light scattering; optical communication; BAN technique; bandwidth 2.80 GHz; diffusely scattered light; feasibility study; frequency bandwidth; human hand; optical BAN; optical body area network technique; optical data transmission; Biomedical optical imaging; Data communication; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Thumb; Wrist; BAN; body area network; data transmission; diffusion; optical BAN; optical communication; scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), 2013 7th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5770-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2326-828X
DOI :
10.1109/ISMICT.2013.6521690
