Research Article
A Preliminary Study of RF Propagation for High Data Rate Brain Telemetry
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-95593-9_11, author={Mariella S\aa{}rest\o{}niemi and Carlos Pomalaza-Raez and Kamran Sayrafian and Teemu Myllyl\aa{} and Jari Iinatti}, title={A Preliminary Study of RF Propagation for High Data Rate Brain Telemetry}, proceedings={Body Area Networks. Smart IoT and Big Data for Intelligent Health Management. 16th EAI International Conference, BODYNETS 2021, Virtual Event, October 25-26, 2021, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={BODYNETS}, year={2022}, month={2}, keywords={Brain computer interface Brain monitoring Frequency channel response Implant communications In-body propagation}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-95593-9_11} }- Mariella Särestöniemi
Carlos Pomalaza-Raez
Kamran Sayrafian
Teemu Myllylä
Jari Iinatti
Year: 2022
A Preliminary Study of RF Propagation for High Data Rate Brain Telemetry
BODYNETS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95593-9_11
Abstract
This paper presents the preliminary results of a study on the radio frequency (RF) propagation inside the human skull at several Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) and ultrawideband UWB frequencies. These frequency bands are considered as possible candidates for high data rate wireless brain telemetry. The study is conducted using a high-resolution 3D computational model of the human head. Power flow analysis is conducted to visualize propagation inside the brain for two different on-body antenna locations. Furthermore, channel attenuation between an on-body directional mini-horn antenna and an implant antenna at different depths inside the brain is evaluated. It is observed that radio frequency propagation at 914 MHz sufficiently covers the whole volume of the brain. The coverage reduces at higher frequencies, specially above 3.1 GHz. The objective of this comparative analysis is to provide some insight on the applicability of these frequencies for high data rate brain telemetry or various monitoring, and diagnostic tools.
