Research Article
Low Power High Bandwidth Power-Line Communication Network for Wearable Applications
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1145/2221924.2221938, author={Michel Chedid and Ilja Belov and Peter Leisner}, title={Low Power High Bandwidth Power-Line Communication Network for Wearable Applications}, proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks}, publisher={ACM}, proceedings_a={BODYNETS}, year={2012}, month={7}, keywords={dc power-line wearable network energy-efficiency}, doi={10.1145/2221924.2221938} }- Michel Chedid
Ilja Belov
Peter Leisner
Year: 2012
Low Power High Bandwidth Power-Line Communication Network for Wearable Applications
BODYNETS
ACM
DOI: 10.1145/2221924.2221938
Abstract
A DC power-line communication (PLC) network for wearable applications is proposed and studied. The DC-PLC network enhances wearability compared to other types of wired networks by requiring minimum amount of wiring. The DC-PLC transceiver is designed based on a low power high bandwidth active inductance circuit, thus not jeopardizing the low power property of the wired solution. The DC-PLC network is implemented in a wearable application and compared to a wireless wearable network by studying and comparing the bit-energy of these networks. The bit-energy study is based on a statistical model of the communication where message size and rate, preamble time and power measurements are included. The DC-PLC network showed shorter latency and lower bit-energy compared to the wireless alternatives when preamble time is kept at reasonable level.
