Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages 1001-1012Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2017.2695058
Keywords
Body posture detection; capacitive-coupling body channel communication (CC-BCC); channel loss compensation; Wireless body area network (WBAN)
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61204032]
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Discovery Grant of Canada
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In wireless body area network, capacitive-coupling body channel communication (CC-BCC) has the potential to attain better energy efficiency over conventional wireless communication schemes. The CC-BCC scheme utilizes the human body as the forward signal transmission medium, reducing the path loss in wireless body-centric communications. However, the backward path is formed by the coupling capacitance between the ground electrodes (GEs) of transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx), which increases the path loss and results in a body posture dependent backward impedance. Conventional methods use a fixed inductor to resonate with the backward capacitor to compensate the path loss, while it's not effective in compensating the variable backward impedance induced by the body movements. In this paper, we propose a selfadaptive capacitive compensation (SACC) technique to address such a problem. A backward distance detector is introduced to estimate the distance between twoGEs of Tx and Rx, and a backward capacitance model is built to calculate the backward capacitance. The calculated backward capacitance at varying body posture is compensated by a digitally controlled tunable inductor (DCTI). The proposed SACC technique is validated by a prototype CC-BCC system, and measurements are taken on human subjects. The measurement results show that 9dB-16 dB channel enhancement can be achieved at a backward path distance of 1 cm-10 cm.
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