{"title":"Secure Human-Internet using dynamic Human Body Communication","authors":"Shovan Maity, D. Das, X. Jiang, Shreyas Sen","doi":"10.1109/ISLPED.2017.8009190","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Continuous miniaturization and cost reduction of unit computing has led to the prolific growth of smart wearable devices. These devices, present on and around the human body, form a complex network known as the Human-Intranet. The Human-Intranet is typically connected through Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN). However, Human Body Communication (HBC) has recently emerged as an energy-efficient and secure alternative that uses the human body as the communication medium. Human-human, human-machine interaction creates dynamic HBC channels, which allow these Human-Intranets to interact with each other forming a Human-Internet. In this paper, we present the concept and demonstration of Secure Human-Internet using dynamic HBC. We highlight important applications of Human-Internet and discuss the architecture of a wearable Human-Internet device capable of communicating through inter-body dynamic HBC. A custom-built hardware prototype is used to demonstrate for the first time information exchange (e.g. business card) during handshaking. Dynamic signal transfer characteristics during inter-body communication through handshake between two individuals wearing such devices are measured and analyzed. The effects of data transmission rate, handshake posture on the HBC based inter-body communication is explored to demonstrate its effectiveness and limitations under varying realistic scenarios. The specific COTS based HBC implementation shows > 8× better energy efficiency compared to the Bluetooth implementation.","PeriodicalId":385714,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"25","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2017 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISLPED.2017.8009190","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 25
Abstract
Continuous miniaturization and cost reduction of unit computing has led to the prolific growth of smart wearable devices. These devices, present on and around the human body, form a complex network known as the Human-Intranet. The Human-Intranet is typically connected through Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN). However, Human Body Communication (HBC) has recently emerged as an energy-efficient and secure alternative that uses the human body as the communication medium. Human-human, human-machine interaction creates dynamic HBC channels, which allow these Human-Intranets to interact with each other forming a Human-Internet. In this paper, we present the concept and demonstration of Secure Human-Internet using dynamic HBC. We highlight important applications of Human-Internet and discuss the architecture of a wearable Human-Internet device capable of communicating through inter-body dynamic HBC. A custom-built hardware prototype is used to demonstrate for the first time information exchange (e.g. business card) during handshaking. Dynamic signal transfer characteristics during inter-body communication through handshake between two individuals wearing such devices are measured and analyzed. The effects of data transmission rate, handshake posture on the HBC based inter-body communication is explored to demonstrate its effectiveness and limitations under varying realistic scenarios. The specific COTS based HBC implementation shows > 8× better energy efficiency compared to the Bluetooth implementation.