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1 Introduction to Wireless Body Area Network |
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1 | (3) |
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4 | (2) |
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1.3 Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN)/Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) |
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6 | (2) |
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1.4 Wireless Body Area Network |
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12 | (3) |
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15 | (4) |
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2 Wireless Patient Monitoring in a Clinical Setting |
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2.2.2 Clinical Implementation |
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32 | (4) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (5) |
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3 Real-Time Cardiac Arrhythmias Monitoring for Pervasive Health Care |
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3.2 History of PHC Research |
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44 | (3) |
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3.3 Overview of PCC System |
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47 | (5) |
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3.3.1 PCC System Architecture |
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3.3.1.1 Wireless ECG sensor |
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3.3.1.2 Local access server |
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3.3.1.3 Remote access server |
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3.3.1.4 Remote surveillance server |
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3.3.2 PCC Operation Modes |
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3.4 Key Technologies of PCC System |
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3.4.1 Lossless ECG Signal Compression |
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3.4.2 Adaptive Communication Mechanism |
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3.4.2.2 PCC communication mechanisms |
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3.4.3.1 Signal preprocessing and conditioning |
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3.4.3.2 QRS complex detection |
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3.4.3.3 AED performance analysis |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (9) |
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4 Human Bio-Kinematic Monitoring with Body Area Networks |
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4.1 Physical Movement Monitoring |
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76 | (1) |
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4.2.1 Medical Applications |
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4.2.1.2 Parkinson's disease assessment systems |
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4.2.2 Sports Training Application |
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4.2.2.1 Golf swing training |
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4.2.2.2 Baseball swing training |
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4.3 Hardware and Software Architecture |
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4.4 Signal Processing for Body Area Networks |
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4.5 An Automatic Parameter Extraction Method Based on HMM |
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4.5.1 HMEM Training and Use |
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4.5.2.1 Preprocessing and feature extraction |
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4.5.2.3 Parametrization and feature selection |
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4.5.3 HMM Training and the Viterbi Algorithm |
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4.5.4 Feature Selection and Model Parametrization Using Genetic Algorithms |
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4.5.5 HMEM Application Procedure |
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4.5.6 Experimental Analysis |
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4.5.6.1 Examination of per-subject error |
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4.6.1 Burst Communication |
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4.6.1.2 Problem formulation |
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4.6.1.3 Experimental results |
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5 Signal Processing In-Node Frameworks for Wireless Body Area Networks: From Low-Level to High-Level Approaches |
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107 | (30) |
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5.2 A WBAN Reference Architecture |
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5.3 Software Frameworks for Programming WBANs |
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5.4 Agent-Oriented Platforms for Wireless Sensor Networks |
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5.5 An Agent-Oriented Design of Signal Processing In-Node Environments |
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5.6 An Analysis of Agent-Oriented Implementations of In-Node Signal Processors |
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5.6.1 MAPS-Based and AFME-Based Implementation of Sensor Agents |
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5.6.2 Agent Implementation Comparison |
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5.7 Conclusions and Future Work |
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6 Hardware Development and Systems for Wireless Body Area Networks |
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6.2 Wireless Body Sensors |
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6.2.1 Sensor Nodes and Hardware Designs |
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6.2.2 Wireless Systems and Platforms |
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6.2.2.1 Wireless transceivers and microcontrollers |
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6.2.2.2 Existing sensor boards |
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6.2.3 Design of Implanted Sensors Nodes for WBAN |
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6.4 A WBAN-Based Multi-Patient Monitoring System |
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170 | (9) |
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6.4.1 Software Programs and Monitoring |
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179 | (6) |
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180 | (5) |
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7 Wireless Body Area Network Implementations for Ambulatory Health Monitoring |
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185 | (44) |
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185 | (2) |
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7.2 Existing WBAN Implementations |
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7.3.1 Frequency Bandwidth of Interest |
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7.3.2 Measuring Surface Biopotentials |
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7.3.2.4 Analog Digital Converter and Microcontroller |
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7.3.3.1 Berkeley Tricorder |
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7.3.4.1 The Berkeley Tricorder |
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7.3.5 Pulse Oximetry (SpO2) |
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7.3.5.1 The Berkeley Tricorder |
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7.3.6.1 The Berkeley Tricorder |
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7.3.7.1 The Berkeley Tricorder |
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7.4.1 The Berkeley Tricorder |
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7.4.3 Data Range and Transmit Power |
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213 | (3) |
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7.6 Final Thoughts and the Berkeley Tricorder |
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222 | (7) |
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8 Ambulatory Recording of Biopotential Signals: Constraints and Challenges for Analog Design |
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229 | (30) |
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8.1 Introduction: The Need for Portable Medical Electronics Systems |
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8.2 Basics of Biopotential Signal Acquisition |
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8.3 Constrains and Challanges |
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8.4 Design of Instrumentation Amplifiers for Biopotential Recordings |
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8.4.1 Uncompensated Instrumentation Amplifiers |
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239 | (3) |
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8.4.2 Compensated Instrumentation Amplifiers |
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8.4.3 Summary and Comparison of Instrumentation Amplifier Topologies |
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8.5 Signal Integrity Problems in Ambulatory Measurements |
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8.5.1 Methods Focusing on Motion Artifact Reduction in Biopotential Recordings |
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8.5.2 Readout Circuits for Adaptive Filtering |
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251 | (4) |
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9 Network and Medium Access Control Protocol Design for Wireless Body Area Networks |
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259 | (36) |
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9.2 Network Topologies and Configurations |
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262 | (2) |
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9.3 Basics of Medium Access Control Protocols |
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9.3.1 WBAN Traffic Characteristics |
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9.5 Random Access Protocols |
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272 | (3) |
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9.7 Energy Management in a WBAN |
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9.8 Patient Monitoring Network Design |
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9.8.1 Transmission Capacity Requirements |
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9.8.2 PHY and MAC Layer Parameter Selection |
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9.8.3 Network Configuration |
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9.9 Performance Analysis of a WBAN |
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288 | (3) |
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10 Power Management in Body Area Networks for Health Care Applications |
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295 | (28) |
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10.3 The Case for Transmit Power Control in Body Area Networks |
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301 | (4) |
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10.4 Optimal Off-Line Transmit Power Control |
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10.5 Practical On-Line Transmit Power Control |
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10.5.1 A Simple and Flexible Class of Schemes |
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10.5.2 Example Adaptations of the General Scheme |
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10.5.3 Tuning the Parameters |
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10.6 Prototyping and Experimentation |
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10.6.1 MicaZ Mote Platform |
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10.6.2 Toumaz Sensium™ Platform |
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10.7 Conclusions and Future Work |
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11 Channel Modeling of Narrowband Body-Centric Wireless Communication Systems |
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323 | (26) |
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11.1 Introduction to Body-Centric Communications |
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324 | (2) |
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11.2 Channel Modeling for Wireless Body Area Networks |
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11.2.1 Statistical Distribution of the Fading Signal in WBANs |
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329 | (1) |
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11.2.1.1 Rayleigh and Rice distributions |
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11.2.1.2 Nakagami distribution |
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11.2.1.3 Weibull distribution |
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11.2.1.4 Lognormal distribution |
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11.2.2 Higher Order Statistics |
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11.2.2.1 Level crossing rate and average fade duration |
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11.3 Parameter Estimation and Model Selection |
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11.3.1 Maximum Likelihood Estimation |
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11.3.2 Akaike Information Criterion |
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11.3.3.2 Level crossing rate |
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11.3.3.3 Simulation of the received signal envelope |
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343 | (1) |
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344 | (5) |
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12 Antenna Design and Propagation for WBAN Applications |
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349 | (26) |
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350 | (3) |
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351 | (1) |
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12.2 Miniaturized Antennas |
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12.2.1 Planar Inverted-F Antennas |
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12.2.2 Planar Monopoles and Dipoles |
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12.2.3 Planar Slot Antennas |
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357 | (1) |
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12.3.1 Dielectric Loaded Matching of Implanted Antennas |
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12.3.1.1 Biocompatibility of dielectric loaded antenna |
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361 | (2) |
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12.4 Volume Conduction Antennas |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (11) |
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A.1 Function calculating the reflection coefficient |
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A.3 Function calculating K vectors |
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Appendix B Calculating Frequency-Dependent Tissue Properties |
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A.5 Calculating the properties |
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A.6 Function for optimization |
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370 | (5) |
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13 Coexistence Issues with Wireless Body Area Networks |
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375 | (36) |
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13.2 Analysis of Interferers |
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13.2.3 Intrinsic Interference |
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13.2.4 Extrinsic Interference of RF-Stations within the Same Frequency Band |
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379 | (1) |
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13.2.5 Extrinsic Interference of Other Systems within the Same Frequency Band |
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380 | (1) |
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13.3 Effect on Transmission |
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381 | (6) |
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13.3.2 Simulation of a Dense Sensor Network (Intrinsic Interference) |
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13.3.3 Measurement of Real Packet Losses due to Extrinsic Interference |
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13.3.4 Effects of Coexistence Problems |
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13.4 Countermeasures --- An Overview |
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13.5 Countermeasures on Physical Layer |
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13.5.1 Channel Classification and Selection |
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388 | (3) |
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13.5.3 Frequency Spreading and Code Division Multiple Access |
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13.5.4 The Promise of Ultra-Wide-Band |
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13.6 Countermeasures on Data Link Layer |
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13.6.1 Basic Medium Access Control |
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13.6.2 Centralized Approach |
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13.6.3 Duty Cycle Management |
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13.6.4 Channel Sensing Methods |
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13.6.5 Persistency and Collision Avoidance |
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13.6.6 Medium Reservation Methods |
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14 Implanted Wireless Communication Making a Real Difference |
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14.2 Why In-body Communication? |
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412 | (1) |
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14.6 Propagation Through the Body, Changes in Body Shape and Posture |
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14.7.1 Use of Smith Chart in Coupling Network Design |
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14.7.2 Design of Antenna Coupling Networks |
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14.7.2.1 Design example 1 |
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14.7.2.2 Design example 2 (SAW filter) |
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14.7.2.3 Use of simulation for antennas and design of coupling networks |
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426 | (1) |
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14.7.3 Physical Body Simulator |
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427 | (1) |
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14.7.4 Body Simulator Measurements and Sample Results |
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14.7.5 The Role of Automatic Antenna Tuning |
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428 | (1) |
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14.8 Implant Power Constraints and Battery Considerations |
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429 | (1) |
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14.10 RF Circuit Hardware Options |
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430 | (1) |
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431 | (3) |
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432 | (2) |
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15 Wireless Power and Data Telemetry for Wearable and Implantable Electronics |
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15.2.1 Mega-Hz and Sub-Mega-Hz Power |
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443 | (4) |
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15.2.2 Inductor Q Boosting |
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15.2.3 Rectifiers and Regulators |
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A.1 Equivalent AC Resistance |
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16 Ultra Wideband for Wireless Body Area Networks |
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468 | (2) |
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16.2 Advantages and Limitations of UWB for WBAN |
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470 | (3) |
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16.2.1 Favorable Factors for Use of UWB in WBAN Applications |
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16.2.2 Limitations of UWB |
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472 | (1) |
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16.3 UWB Hardware Development |
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16.3.1 UWB Antennas for WBAN Applications |
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473 | (1) |
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16.3.2 UWB Transmitters for WBAN Applications |
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16.3.2.1 Effects of pulse width on UWB spectrum |
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477 | (3) |
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480 | (1) |
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16.4 PHY Layer for UWB WBAN |
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481 | (1) |
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16.6 MAC scheme for UWB WBAN |
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483 | (5) |
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16.7 UWB WBAN Applications |
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488 | (12) |
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16.7.1 Eight-Channel ECG (On-Body) |
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488 | (2) |
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16.7.1.1 UWB pulse generators |
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16.7.1.2 UWB receiver front-end |
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492 | (1) |
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16.7.2 Implantable UWB WBAN |
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16.7.2.1 Multichannel neural recording systems |
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495 | (1) |
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16.7.2.2 Electronic pills (wireless endoscope) |
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496 | (4) |
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16.8 Design and Implementation of an UWB-WBAN System |
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16.8.1 UWB Receiver Circuitry |
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16.8.2 Experimental Setup and Measurement Result |
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