Intrabody Communication for Implants in Body Area Network Scenarios

Assefa K Teshome; Behailu Kibret; Daniel T H Lai

doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-690-3-544

Intrabody Communication for Implants in Body Area Network Scenarios

Assefa K Teshome, Behailu Kibret, Daniel T H Lai

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This paper studies implant communication in the Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN) and presents a novel analytical electromagnetic model for galvanically coupled Intra-body Communication (IBC) for implants. The model is versatile to be applied to any part of the human body as it is based on multilayered ellipsoidal geometry. Experimental validation and Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) analysis show that the model is highly accurate for implant-to-implant and implant-to-surface communication. With high degree of miniaturizability, path loss at the surface of the skin is found to around 35 dB; that shows Galvanically coupled IBC implants are a good alternative compared to existing wireless implants.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments
Editors	Paulo Novais, Shin'ichi Konomi
Place of Publication	Amsterdam Netherlands
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	544-551
Number of pages	8
Volume	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9781614996903
ISBN (Print)	9781614996897
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-690-3-544
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	Workshop on Wireless Body Area Networks for Personal Monitoring in Intelligent Environments 2016 - London, United Kingdom Duration: 12 Sept 2016 → 13 Sept 2016 http://intenv.org/?q=conferences/ie16/workshops

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Conference	Workshop on Wireless Body Area Networks for Personal Monitoring in Intelligent Environments 2016
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	12/09/16 → 13/09/16
Internet address	http://intenv.org/?q=conferences/ie16/workshops

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Teshome, AK, Kibret, B & Lai, DTH 2016, Intrabody Communication for Implants in Body Area Network Scenarios. in P Novais & S Konomi (eds), Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments. vol. 21, IOS Press, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 544-551, Workshop on Wireless Body Area Networks for Personal Monitoring in Intelligent Environments 2016, London, United Kingdom, 12/09/16. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-690-3-544

Intrabody Communication for Implants in Body Area Network Scenarios. / Teshome, Assefa K; Kibret, Behailu; Lai, Daniel T H.
Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments. ed. / Paulo Novais; Shin'ichi Konomi. Vol. 21 Amsterdam Netherlands: IOS Press, 2016. p. 544-551.

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