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A Brief Survey on Human Body Communication for Healthcare Applications

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  • Jian Feng Zhao

    (School of Automotive and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen Polytechnic, China)

  • Xi Mei Chen

    (Baoan Urban Renewal Authority, China)

Abstract

Human body communication (HBC), which utilizes the human body as communication channel to transmit physiological signal, is more reliable and less prone to interference than the wireless transmission techniques such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi etc. HBC serves as a promising physical layer solution for the body area network (BAN). The human centric nature of HBC offers an innovative method to transfer the healthcare data, whose transmission requires low interference and reliable data link. A brief survey on the development of HBC, which includes the signal propagation mechanisms, channel characteristics and communication performance are summarized and addressed. Moreover, the experimental issues, such as electrodes and grounding strategies are also discussed. Finally, the recommended future studies are provided.

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  • Jian Feng Zhao & Xi Mei Chen, 2017. "A Brief Survey on Human Body Communication for Healthcare Applications," Current Trends in Biomedical Engineering & Biosciences, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 10(1), pages 12-15, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jctbeb:v:10:y:2017:i:1:p:12-15
    DOI: 10.19080/CTBEB.2017.10.555778
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