Title :
Terahertz Communications in Human Tissues at the Nanoscale for Healthcare Applications
Author :
Piro, Giuseppe ; Ke Yang ; Boggia, Gennaro ; Chopra, Nishtha ; Grieco, Luigi Alfredo ; Alomainy, Akram
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Politec. di Bari, Bari, Italy
Abstract :
This letter investigates nanoscale wireless communications in human tissues. Starting from propagation models, validated through real experiments, channel capacity and transmission ranges are derived for different physical transmission settings. Results highlight the challenges characterizing the communication in such a medium, thus, paving the way to novel research activities devoted to the design of pioneering nanomedical applications.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical communication; channel capacity; health care; medical computing; nanomedicine; performance evaluation; channel capacity; healthcare applications; human tissues; nanomedical applications; nanoscale wireless communications; physical transmission settings; terahertz communications; Absorption; Channel capacity; Frequency modulation; Noise; Propagation losses; Skin; Wireless communication; Channel capacity; Nano scale communications; THz band; human tissue; nano scale communications;
Journal_Title :
Nanotechnology, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNANO.2015.2415557
