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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Wireless Body Area Network"”.
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Implanted Antennas and Intra-Body Propagation Channel for Wireless Body Area Network
Implanted Devices are important components of the Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) as a promising technology in biotelemetry, e-health care and hyperthermia applications. The design of WBAN faces many challenges, such as frequency band selection, channel modeling, antenna design, physical layer …
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Simulation of dynamic on-body wave propagations : comparison with measured values.
Wireless body area network (WBAN) technology shows potential for improving human quality of life by facilitating remote, long-term health monitoring. Designing small, wearable, and power efficient on-body WBAN sensors requires an understanding of electromagnetic (EM) wave propagation behavior on …
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A Novel Intrabody Communication Transceiver for Biomedical Applications
Intrabody communication (IBC) is a new physical layer defined in the recently ratified wireless body area network (WBAN) IEEE 802.15.6 standard. The cable-free IBC technology uses body tissue as a propagation medium instead of air. While recent studies have shown a degradation of transmission …
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Ultra Low Power Wake-up Receiver with Unique Node Addressing for Wireless Sensor Nodes
… implant devices. For this reason, devices for Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) applications must consume very little power. To save power, it is desirable to turn off or put to sleep a device when not in use. However, a transceiver, which is the most power hungry block of a wireless sensor …
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Low-power dual-band on-body antenna for wireless body sensor networks
In Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN), the implanted biosensor collects various physiological data and wirelessly transmits the information to external medical devices in real time. The antenna design for this application faces great challenges as the microwavepropagation medium is not the free …
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Reliable and Energy Efficient Network Protocols for Wireless Body Area Networks
In a wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) various sensors are attached on clothing, on the body or are even implanted under the skin. The wireless nature of the network and the wide variety of sensors offers numerous new, practical and innovative applications. A motivating example can be found in the …
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Investigation into the design of ultra-wideband (UWB) and multi-band antennas
The rapid development of high speed wireless communications as well as other applications such as microwave imaging place extraordinary demands on spectrums for which ultra-wideband (UWB) and multi-band, e.g.: dual-band, techniques are useful. These UWB and multi-band services require UWB and …
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Pico-grid: Multiple Multitype Energy Harvesting System
… harvesting system specifically targeted for wireless sensor nodes (WSN) and wireless body area network (WBAN) applications. The idea for the system is derived from the operation of a micro-grid and therefore is termed as a pico-grid and it is capable of simultaneously delivering power from …
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Low-Power RF Front-End Design for Wireless Body Area Networks
Wireless body area networks (WBANs) have tremendous potential to benefit from wireless communication technology and are expected to make sweeping changes in the future human health care and medical fields. While the prospects for WBAN products are high, meeting required device performance with a …
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Low Power Merged LNA and Mixer Design for Medical Implant Communication Services
… The implanted devices aid organs and control body functions of patients to support specific treatments, and monitor patients continuously so that necessary action can be taken in advance to avoid serious conditions. To enable to use MICS applications, several requirements must be satisfied. An …