Human Body Communication Transceiver for Energy Efficient BAN

Abstract

Interest on the low energy wireless connections among humans, sensors and mobile devices is getting grown with the start of the phrase, "Internet of Things". The establishment of the Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) standard by IEEE Standard Association in February 2012 is representing those demands. In the standard, a Human body communication or HBC is newly added and it is regarded as a new promising solution with its low energy consumption and high reliability. The research history of the HBC from the proof of the concept to the high-end standard compatible system with the network consideration will be introduced in this chapter.