Ultra Wideband Wireless Body Area Networks

• Main Authors: Thotahewa, Kasun Maduranga Silva (Author), Redouté, Jean-Michel (Author), Yuce, Mehmet Rasit (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Electrical engineering.; Electronic circuits.; Biomedical engineering.; Circuits and Systems.; Biomedical Engineering.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Communications Engineering, Networks.

This book explores the design of ultra wideband (UWB) technology for wireless body-area networks (WBAN).  The authors describe a novel implementation of WBAN sensor nodes that use UWB for data transmission and narrow band for data reception, enabling low power sensor nodes, with high data rate capab...

Table of Contents:

• Wireless Body Area Network and Ultra-Wideband Communication
• MAC Protocols for UWB Based WBAN Applications
• Design and Simulation of a MAC Protocol for WBAN Communication Scenarios
• Hardware Architectures for IR-UWB Based Transceivers
• An Ultra-Wideband Sensor Node Development with Dual-Frequency Band for Medical Signal Monitoring
• System Implementation and Evaluation of an Energy Efficient UWB Based MAC Protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks
• Electromagnetic Effects of IR-UWB Implant Communication.-.