Improved Reception of In-Body Signals by Means of a Wearable Multi-Antenna System
High data-rate wireless communication for in-body human implants is mainly performed in the 402–405 MHz Medical Implant Communication System band and the 2.45 GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical band. The latter band offers larger bandwidth, enabling high-resolution live video transmission. Alth...
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| author | Thijs Castel Patrick Van Torre Emmeric Tanghe Sam Agneessens Günter Vermeeren Wout Joseph Hendrik Rogier |
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| description | High data-rate wireless communication for in-body human implants is mainly performed in the 402–405 MHz Medical Implant Communication System band and the 2.45 GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical band. The latter band offers larger bandwidth, enabling high-resolution live video transmission. Although in-body signal attenuation is larger, at least 29 dB more power may be transmitted in this band and the antenna efficiency for compact antennas at 2.45 GHz is also up to 10 times higher. Moreover, at the receive side, one can exploit the large surface provided by a garment by deploying multiple compact highly efficient wearable antennas, capturing the signals transmitted by the implant directly at the body surface, yielding stronger signals and reducing interference. In this paper, we implement a reliable 3.5 Mbps wearable textile multi-antenna system suitable for integration into a jacket worn by a patient, and evaluate its potential to improve the In-to-Out Body wireless link reliability by means of spatial receive diversity in a standardized measurement setup. We derive the optimal distribution and the minimum number of on-body antennas required to ensure signal levels that are large enough for real-time wireless endoscopy-capsule applications, at varying positions and orientations of the implant in the human body. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fc3b2345873f4ccf9da41b3aa75a5db62025-02-03T01:07:20ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772013-01-01201310.1155/2013/328375328375Improved Reception of In-Body Signals by Means of a Wearable Multi-Antenna SystemThijs Castel0Patrick Van Torre1Emmeric Tanghe2Sam Agneessens3Günter Vermeeren4Wout Joseph5Hendrik Rogier6Department of Information Technology, INTEC-IMEC, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumDepartment of Information Technology, INTEC-IMEC, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumDepartment of Information Technology, INTEC-IMEC, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumDepartment of Information Technology, INTEC-IMEC, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumDepartment of Information Technology, INTEC-IMEC, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumDepartment of Information Technology, INTEC-IMEC, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumDepartment of Information Technology, INTEC-IMEC, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumHigh data-rate wireless communication for in-body human implants is mainly performed in the 402–405 MHz Medical Implant Communication System band and the 2.45 GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical band. The latter band offers larger bandwidth, enabling high-resolution live video transmission. Although in-body signal attenuation is larger, at least 29 dB more power may be transmitted in this band and the antenna efficiency for compact antennas at 2.45 GHz is also up to 10 times higher. Moreover, at the receive side, one can exploit the large surface provided by a garment by deploying multiple compact highly efficient wearable antennas, capturing the signals transmitted by the implant directly at the body surface, yielding stronger signals and reducing interference. In this paper, we implement a reliable 3.5 Mbps wearable textile multi-antenna system suitable for integration into a jacket worn by a patient, and evaluate its potential to improve the In-to-Out Body wireless link reliability by means of spatial receive diversity in a standardized measurement setup. We derive the optimal distribution and the minimum number of on-body antennas required to ensure signal levels that are large enough for real-time wireless endoscopy-capsule applications, at varying positions and orientations of the implant in the human body.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/328375 |
| spellingShingle | Thijs Castel Patrick Van Torre Emmeric Tanghe Sam Agneessens Günter Vermeeren Wout Joseph Hendrik Rogier Improved Reception of In-Body Signals by Means of a Wearable Multi-Antenna System International Journal of Antennas and Propagation |
| title | Improved Reception of In-Body Signals by Means of a Wearable Multi-Antenna System |
| title_full | Improved Reception of In-Body Signals by Means of a Wearable Multi-Antenna System |
| title_fullStr | Improved Reception of In-Body Signals by Means of a Wearable Multi-Antenna System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improved Reception of In-Body Signals by Means of a Wearable Multi-Antenna System |
| title_short | Improved Reception of In-Body Signals by Means of a Wearable Multi-Antenna System |
| title_sort | improved reception of in body signals by means of a wearable multi antenna system |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/328375 |
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