TY - GEN
T1 - Novel communication services based on human body and environment interaction
T2 - 2006 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2006
AU - Ruiz, Jordi Agud
AU - Shimamoto, Shigeru
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - We believe that near-field radio intra-body communications, wherein human body is used as the transmission medium, will be a very suitable solution for Body Area Networks with many interesting applications towards a ubiquitous communication world. This paper presents some potential new applications of great usefulness for handicapped people. Moreover, we have also envisioned applications inside train coaches where the use of mobile phones is restricted in countries such as Japan. On the other hand, we present the system model designed to carry out these applications by using intra-body communications. Finally, in order to investigate the feasibility of this kind of communication, we analyze experimentally the characteristics of the intra-body propagation channels and we evaluate the performance of several digital modulation schemes.
AB - We believe that near-field radio intra-body communications, wherein human body is used as the transmission medium, will be a very suitable solution for Body Area Networks with many interesting applications towards a ubiquitous communication world. This paper presents some potential new applications of great usefulness for handicapped people. Moreover, we have also envisioned applications inside train coaches where the use of mobile phones is restricted in countries such as Japan. On the other hand, we present the system model designed to carry out these applications by using intra-body communications. Finally, in order to investigate the feasibility of this kind of communication, we analyze experimentally the characteristics of the intra-body propagation channels and we evaluate the performance of several digital modulation schemes.
KW - Applications for handicapped people
KW - Body area networks
KW - Intra-body communications
KW - Intrabody channels
KW - Services inside trains
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U2 - 10.1109/wcnc.2006.1696644
DO - 10.1109/wcnc.2006.1696644
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34250352770
SN - 1424402700
SN - 9781424402700
T3 - IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC
SP - 2240
EP - 2245
BT - 2006 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2006
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 3 April 2006 through 6 April 2006
ER -