Ultra wideband in vivo radio channel characterisation and system modeling

Author

Abbasi, Qammer H. ; Qaraqe, Marwa ; Rehman, Masood Ur ; Serpedin, Erchin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Texas A & M Univ., Doha, Qatar

fYear

2014

fDate

8-10 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

In this paper radio channel characterisation and level system modeling for ultra wideband (UWB) in vivo communication is presented at different distances and angle between the the implant and the on-body node. Path loss is calculated for different scenarios and time delay analysis is performed. In addition, UWB-OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) based system modeling is used to calculate the bit error rate (BER) performance. Result shows that BER remains less then 1e^-3 for almost all cases up to 40 mm spacing between the implant and on-body node, when E_b/N_o is above 6 dB.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; body sensor networks; error statistics; prosthetics; telemedicine; ultra wideband communication; wireless channels; BER; UWB in vivo communication; UWB-OFDM based system modeling; bit error rate; implant; level system modeling; on-body node; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; path loss; radio channel characterisation; time delay analysis; ultra wideband in vivo communication; Bit error rate; Delays; Implants; In vivo; Modeling; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless communication; body area network; in body/in-vivo; system modeling; ultra wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RF and Wireless Technologies for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications (IMWS-Bio), 2014 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5445-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMWS-BIO.2014.7032414

Filename

7032414