cogcom 16(8): e1

Research Article

An Empirical Measurement of Signal Attenuation and BER of IEEE 802.15.6 HBC using a phantom solution

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  • @ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.28-9-2015.2261666,
        author={Kim Taylor and Daniel Lai},
        title={An Empirical Measurement of Signal Attenuation and BER of IEEE 802.15.6 HBC using a phantom solution},
        journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Cognitive Communications},
        volume={2},
        number={8},
        publisher={ACM},
        journal_a={COGCOM},
        year={2015},
        month={12},
        keywords={capacitive coupling, attenuation, ieee 802156, hbc},
        doi={10.4108/eai.28-9-2015.2261666}
    }
    
  • Kim Taylor
    Daniel Lai
    Year: 2015
    An Empirical Measurement of Signal Attenuation and BER of IEEE 802.15.6 HBC using a phantom solution
    COGCOM
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.28-9-2015.2261666
Kim Taylor,*, Daniel Lai1
  • 1: Victoria University
*Contact email: kim.taylor4@live.vu.edu.au

Abstract

The implementation of an IEEE 802.15.6 section 10 com- pliant human body communications (HBC) transceiver re- quires an understanding of the signal integrity expected at the receiver. This paper focuses on the reception of IEEE 802.15.6 compliant data packets through the human body. The experiment used a phantom solution to model the elec- trical characteristics of muscle tissue in a controlled envi- ronment. The prototype transmitter was able to achieve a power consumption of 4.5nJ per bit using FPGA technology at the minimum spreading factor, while a minimum chan- nel attenuation of 11.4dB was measured at 21MHz. Further characterisation of the human body communications channel will be possible with the future development of a portable prototype, optimising the receiver design using the empirical results presented here.