Title
Energy-efficient adaptive modulation in wireless communication for implanted medical devices.
Abstract
In contrast to conventional wireless communication which takes place over the air, Radio Frequency (RF) communication through the human body poses unique challenges. Studies on RF propagation through human body indicate that the heterogeneous body tissues with different dielectric properties constitute a complicated and lossy environment for signal propagation. This environment also varies with different implant positions, individuals, body shapes and postures. As a result, there is a large variation in the path loss value of the in-body communication channel. In this paper, we first examine the energy efficiency of different digital modulation schemes in a basic wireless implant system. We point out that using a fixed type of modulation does not help to achieve the best energy efficiency in the implant system that has varying channel conditions. We then propose an adaptive communication system model which is suitable for wireless medical implant. Simulations results show that adopting adaptive modulation can provide a considerable amount of energy saving.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6943741
EMBC
Keywords
Field
DocType
energy-efficient adaptive modulation,body tissue,rf propagation,body area networks,adaptive communication system,biomedical communication,energy conservation,energy saving,telecommunication power management,wireless communication,biomedical equipment,signal propagation,wireless channels,digital modulation scheme,adaptive modulation,radiowave propagation,wireless medical implant system,biological tissues,dielectric properties,in-body communication channel,human body pose,implanted medical device,radiofrequency communication,rf communication
Link adaptation,Key distribution in wireless sensor networks,Wireless,Computer science,Efficient energy use,Electronic engineering,Electrical engineering
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
2014
1557-170X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yinyue Qiu131.05
David Haley200.34
Ying Chen300.34