A Preliminary Study of the Human Body Communication Channel

Katjana Krhac1, Kamran Sayrafian2, Dina Simunic3

  • 1University of Zagreb, Faculty of electrical engineering and comp
  • 2NIST
  • 3University of Zagreb

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12:30 - 14:30 | Thu 21 Nov | Upper Foyer Balcony | B1P-B.7

Session: Poster Session - Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan 2

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Abstract

Human Body Communication (HBC) is a low complexity technology with promising applications in wearable (and implantable) biomedical sensors. In this research, a simple parametric model based on the finite-element method (FEM) using a full human body model is developed to virtually emulate and examine the HBC channel. FEM allows better modeling and quantification of the underlying physical phenomena including the impact of the human body for the desired applications. By adjusting the parameters of the model, a good match with the limited measurement results in the literature is observed.