Wireless Body Area Networks: A Survey

Movassaghi, Samaneh; Abolhasan, Mehran; Lipman, Justin; Smith, David B.; Jamalipour, Abbas

doi:10.1109/surv.2013.121313.00064

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“…Although, copper antennas have better performance, only specific type of materials such as titanium or platinum should be used for in vivo communications due to their noncorrosive chemistry [5]. When the antennas are placed inside the human body, their electrical dimensions and gains decrease due to high dielectric permittivity and high conductivity of the tissues, respectively [30].…”

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In Vivo Communications: Steps Toward the Next Generation of Implantable Devices

Demir

Ankarali

Abbasi

et al. 2016

IEEE Veh. Technol. Mag.

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Abstract-In vivo wireless medical devices have the potential to play a vital role in future healthcare technologies by improving the quality of human life. In order to fully exploit the capabilities of such devices, it is necessary to characterize and model the in vivo wireless communication channel. This model will have a significant role in improving the communications performance of embedded medical devices in terms of power and spectral efficiency. In this paper, the state of the art in this field is presented to provide a comprehensive understanding of current models, considering various communication methods, operational frequencies, and antenna design. Finally, open research areas are discussed for the future studies.Index Terms-In vivo channel characterization, in/on-body communication, wireless body area networks (WBAN), wireless implantable medical devices.

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“…These vital signs can be collected over a large period of time and physicians are able to perform more reliable analysis using this big data [2] rather than relying on the data recorded in short hospital visits. Furthermore, in vivo-WBAN devices provide patients greater mobility as well as reducing their hospital visits [3]- [5].…”

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In Vivo Communications: Steps Toward the Next Generation of Implantable Devices

Demir

Ankarali

Abbasi

et al. 2016

IEEE Veh. Technol. Mag.

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“…With many prominent advantages, WBANs are hopeful to launch a wave of medical, entertainment, gaming, sports and fitness applications [1].…”

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“…Generally speaking, nodes working in all-transmit monitoring mode produce busy periodic traffic which consumes a mass of communication resource. Transporting these vast quantities of data from the nodes to the coordinator means high cost of energy because communication dominates the energy consumption in such case [1]. In consequence, the lifetime of a node adopting this monitoring mode will be severely shortened.…”

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An Energy-efficient MAC Protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks

Zhang

Liang

et al. 2017

ITM Web Conf.

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A WBAN node may be working in two monitoring modes, all-transmit mode and few-transmit mode. Every mode has its own usage scenarios. To effectively prolong its lifetime, a node should be working in fewtransmit mode as much as possible. An adaptive medium access control (MAC) protocol is specially designed to serve the nodes working in few-transmit mode. Experimental results show the proposed MAC protocol can improve the energy efficiency and satisfy the data delivery delay demands simultaneously.

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“…Active wireless devices are often proposed for wireless communications in WBAN. These networks are often based on commercial transceivers such as Zigbee (IEEE 802.15.4) or Bluetooth devices or WIFI (IEEE 802.11) at 2.45 GHz ISM band [2,3]. An important part of the energy is needed for the transmission.…”

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Analysis of on-Body Transponders Based on Frequency Selective Surfaces

Lorenzo¹,

Lázaro²,

Girbau³

et al. 2016

PIER

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Abstract-This paper proposes a backscattering communication technique based on modulated frequency selective surfaces (FSS) for wearable applications. The FSS is composed of dipoles loaded with varactor diodes to modulate the backscatter response, in order to separate it from the clutter. The paper describes the effect in the transponder response according to the number of dipoles, the separation between them and the effect produced when FSS is placed on-body. An analysis based on simulations of several cases and experimental results is provided.

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Wireless Body Area Networks: A Survey

Cited by 1,313 publications

References 102 publications

In Vivo Communications: Steps Toward the Next Generation of Implantable Devices

In Vivo Communications: Steps Toward the Next Generation of Implantable Devices

An Energy-efficient MAC Protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks

Analysis of on-Body Transponders Based on Frequency Selective Surfaces

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