The physical layer design of Intra-Body Communication: Model, transmitter and receiver

Abstract

The rapid growth of portable devices is changing the habit of people and improving the living quality of our daily life. The health care devices are emerging sector of portal devices. The increasing connections between devices on or in the body of the users have drawn much attention. Therefore, we proposes to use the Intra-Body Communication (IBC) to act as the network backbone for the health care devices. In this article, we will report a model for IBC, which can calculate the distribution of the transmitting signal within a human limb. The result of the model will compare with an in vivo measurement in order to check the accuracy of the model. Then, the model will be used to estimate the distribution of the transmitting signal for the design of the transmitter and receiver for IBC.