On-body wireless explained

On-body wireless or body-centric wireless is the interconnection and networking of wearable computer system components and sensors through a system of transceivers, space wave antennas, and surface guided wave antennas for telemetry and telecommunications. The technique uses the surface of the human body as a transmission medium or path for electromagnetic waves. The topic of body-centric wireless networks (BCWN) can be divided into three main domains based on wireless sensor nodes placement, i.e., communication between the nodes that are on the body surface; communication from the body-surface to nearby base station; and at least one node may be implanted within the body. These three domains have been called on-body, off-body and in-body, respectively.^{[1] [2] [3]} The performance analysis of on-body wireless communication for different sporting activities has been reported.^{[4] [5]}

See also

• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Internet of Things

Notes and References

1. Qammer H. Abbasi, Masood Ur Rehman, Khalid Qaraqe and Akram Alomainy,"Advances in Body-Centric Wireless Communications: Applications and Stateof-the-art", The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Publication, July,2016
2. Khan. Mohammad Monirujjaman. Abbasi. Qammer Hussain. Alomainy. Akram. Clive. Parini. Experimental Investigation of Subject-Specific On-Body Radio Propagation Channels for Body-Centric Wireless Communications. Electronics. 3. 2014. 26–42. 10.3390/electronics3010026. 2079-9292. free.
3. Web site: Safwat. Amr M. E.. Body-Centric Wireless Communications. Antennas & Electromagnetics Research Group. 19 December 2015.
4. Bhowal. A.. Kshetrimayum. R. S. . Performance analysis of B2B communication for different sporting activities. IEEE Sensors Letters. 3. 7. 2019. 1–4. 10.1109/LSENS.2019.2919443. 191186692.
5. Bhowal. A. . Sapre. A. S. . Lalani. R. . Kshetrimayum. R. S.. Advanced Spatial Modulation and Spatial Media Based Modulation for efficient B2B communications in Sporting Activities . IET Communications . 13. 20. 2019. 3529–3536. 10.1049/iet-com.2019.0747. 209965181 .