Head-centric body-channel propagation paths characterization

Author

Ruaro, Andrea ; Thaysen, Jesper ; Jakobseny, Kaj B.

Author_Institution

GN ReSound A/S, Ballerup, Denmark

fYear

2015

fDate

13-17 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Wearable devices are experiencing a strong momentum. This leads to an ever increasing demand to ensure a stable link between the different nodes or sensor placed around the human body. In this sense, Body-Coupled Communication (BCC) has a high potential to support the development ofWireless Body-Area Networks (WBAN). This work characterizes, by mean of experiments, the intra-body propagation channels when a pair of differential electrodes is applied on a human head. This is necessary in order to investigate opportunities and drawbacks for a multitude of applications, e.g., binaural hearing instruments, as little has been done so far. Furthermore, a comparison to the typically investigated intra-body links is presented.

Keywords

body area networks; electrodes; headphones; radiowave propagation; sensors; BCC; WBAN; binaural hearing instruments; body-coupled communication; differential electrodes; head-centric body-channel propagation paths; human body; human head; intrabody links; intrabody propagation channels; wearable devices; wireless body-area networks; Auditory system; Electrodes; Frequency measurement; Gain; Instruments; Loss measurement; Wireless communication; Body-coupled communications (BCC); electromagnetic compatibility (EMC); intrabody communications (IBC); medical devices; wireless body-area networks (WBAN);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

Filename

7228360