Abstract:
Body channel communication (BCC) has the potential to achieve better energy efficiency over other conventional wireless communication schemes, thus becomes a promising so...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Body channel communication (BCC) has the potential to achieve better energy efficiency over other conventional wireless communication schemes, thus becomes a promising solution for the wireless body area network. To deal with the fading and dynamic variation challenges of BCC, the technique of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is a promising candidate. However, some basic issues in OFDM including the pilot design and the modulating methods have not been analyzed for BCC. The contribution of this paper includes proposing a dynamic channel model of BCC for system level designing, analyzing the pilot design method, and proposing an adaptive modulating algorithm for BCC. Practical communication experiments based on software define radio are also implemented to validate the the effectiveness of the pilot design method and the modulating algorithm.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems ( Volume: 13, Issue: 4, August 2019)
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Tsinghua University, Beijing, Beijing, CN
Wenyu Sun (S’17) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2016. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree at the Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University. His research interests include low power transceiver design for body area networks.
Wenyu Sun (S’17) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2016. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree at the Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University. His research interests include low power transceiver design for body area networks.View more

Tsinghua University, Beijing, Beijing, CN
Jian Zhao (S’14–M’17) was born in Shaanxi, China, in 1989. He received the B.S. and Ph.D degrees from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, in 2011 and 2017, respectively.
From 2012 to 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar with the VLSI and Signal Processing Lab, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, where he was involved in the design of CMOS readout circuits for silicon oscillating accelero...Show More
Jian Zhao (S’14–M’17) was born in Shaanxi, China, in 1989. He received the B.S. and Ph.D degrees from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, in 2011 and 2017, respectively.
From 2012 to 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar with the VLSI and Signal Processing Lab, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, where he was involved in the design of CMOS readout circuits for silicon oscillating accelero...View more

Tsinghua University, Beijing, Beijing, CN
Yuxuan Huang (S’18) received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2017, where he is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree. His current research interests include energy harvesting for body area networks.
Yuxuan Huang (S’18) received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2017, where he is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree. His current research interests include energy harvesting for body area networks.View more

Tsinghua University, Beijing, Beijing, CN
Yinan Sun (S’11–M’16) received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2008 and 2015, respectively. He is currently an Engineer with the Department of Electronics Engineering, Tsinghua University. His research interests include the low-power and energy-efficient circuit design and the teaching methodology for the lab courses of electronic circuits and systems.
Yinan Sun (S’11–M’16) received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2008 and 2015, respectively. He is currently an Engineer with the Department of Electronics Engineering, Tsinghua University. His research interests include the low-power and energy-efficient circuit design and the teaching methodology for the lab courses of electronic circuits and systems.View more

Tsinghua University, Beijing, Beijing, CN
Huangzhong Yang (M’97–SM’00) was born in Ziyang, China, in 1967. He received the B.S. degree in microelectronics and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1989, 1993, and 1998, respectively. In 1993, he joined the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, where he has been a Full Professor since 1998. He has been in charge of several projects, in...Show More
Huangzhong Yang (M’97–SM’00) was born in Ziyang, China, in 1967. He received the B.S. degree in microelectronics and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1989, 1993, and 1998, respectively. In 1993, he joined the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, where he has been a Full Professor since 1998. He has been in charge of several projects, in...View more

Tsinghua University, Beijing, Beijing, CN
Yongpan Liu (M’07–SM’15) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1999, 2002, and 2007, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with Tsinghua University. He led over 10 chip design projects for sensing applications, including the first nonvolatile processor (THU1010N). He has authored or coauthored over 100 papers. His curre...Show More
Yongpan Liu (M’07–SM’15) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1999, 2002, and 2007, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with Tsinghua University. He led over 10 chip design projects for sensing applications, including the first nonvolatile processor (THU1010N). He has authored or coauthored over 100 papers. His curre...View more

Tsinghua University, Beijing, Beijing, CN
Wenyu Sun (S’17) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2016. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree at the Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University. His research interests include low power transceiver design for body area networks.
Wenyu Sun (S’17) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2016. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree at the Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University. His research interests include low power transceiver design for body area networks.View more

Tsinghua University, Beijing, Beijing, CN
Jian Zhao (S’14–M’17) was born in Shaanxi, China, in 1989. He received the B.S. and Ph.D degrees from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, in 2011 and 2017, respectively.
From 2012 to 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar with the VLSI and Signal Processing Lab, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, where he was involved in the design of CMOS readout circuits for silicon oscillating accelerometers and MEMS gyroscopes. From 2017 to 2019, he was a Postdoctor with the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Micro/Nano Electronics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. His research interests include integrated circuits for MEMS/biomedical sensors and wireless body area networks.
Jian Zhao (S’14–M’17) was born in Shaanxi, China, in 1989. He received the B.S. and Ph.D degrees from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, in 2011 and 2017, respectively.
From 2012 to 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar with the VLSI and Signal Processing Lab, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, where he was involved in the design of CMOS readout circuits for silicon oscillating accelerometers and MEMS gyroscopes. From 2017 to 2019, he was a Postdoctor with the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Micro/Nano Electronics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. His research interests include integrated circuits for MEMS/biomedical sensors and wireless body area networks.View more

Tsinghua University, Beijing, Beijing, CN
Yuxuan Huang (S’18) received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2017, where he is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree. His current research interests include energy harvesting for body area networks.
Yuxuan Huang (S’18) received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2017, where he is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree. His current research interests include energy harvesting for body area networks.View more

Tsinghua University, Beijing, Beijing, CN
Yinan Sun (S’11–M’16) received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2008 and 2015, respectively. He is currently an Engineer with the Department of Electronics Engineering, Tsinghua University. His research interests include the low-power and energy-efficient circuit design and the teaching methodology for the lab courses of electronic circuits and systems.
Yinan Sun (S’11–M’16) received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2008 and 2015, respectively. He is currently an Engineer with the Department of Electronics Engineering, Tsinghua University. His research interests include the low-power and energy-efficient circuit design and the teaching methodology for the lab courses of electronic circuits and systems.View more

Tsinghua University, Beijing, Beijing, CN
Huangzhong Yang (M’97–SM’00) was born in Ziyang, China, in 1967. He received the B.S. degree in microelectronics and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1989, 1993, and 1998, respectively. In 1993, he joined the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, where he has been a Full Professor since 1998. He has been in charge of several projects, including projects sponsored by the national science and technology major project, 863 program, NSFC, Ninth five-year national program, and several international research projects. He has authored and coauthored over 500 technical papers, 7 books, and over 180 granted Chinese patents. His current research interests include wireless sensor networks, data converters, energy-harvesting circuits, nonvolatile processors, and brain inspired computing. Dr. Yang was the recipient of the Distinguished Young Researcher of NSFC in 2000, the Cheung Kong Scholar of the Ministry of Education of China in 2012, and the First Prize of Science and Technology of China Highway and Transportation Society in 2016. He has served as the IEEE CEDA Beijing Chapter since 2016.
Huangzhong Yang (M’97–SM’00) was born in Ziyang, China, in 1967. He received the B.S. degree in microelectronics and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1989, 1993, and 1998, respectively. In 1993, he joined the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, where he has been a Full Professor since 1998. He has been in charge of several projects, including projects sponsored by the national science and technology major project, 863 program, NSFC, Ninth five-year national program, and several international research projects. He has authored and coauthored over 500 technical papers, 7 books, and over 180 granted Chinese patents. His current research interests include wireless sensor networks, data converters, energy-harvesting circuits, nonvolatile processors, and brain inspired computing. Dr. Yang was the recipient of the Distinguished Young Researcher of NSFC in 2000, the Cheung Kong Scholar of the Ministry of Education of China in 2012, and the First Prize of Science and Technology of China Highway and Transportation Society in 2016. He has served as the IEEE CEDA Beijing Chapter since 2016.View more

Tsinghua University, Beijing, Beijing, CN
Yongpan Liu (M’07–SM’15) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1999, 2002, and 2007, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with Tsinghua University. He led over 10 chip design projects for sensing applications, including the first nonvolatile processor (THU1010N). He has authored or coauthored over 100 papers. His current research interests include power design, emerging circuits and systems, and design automation. Dr. Liu was a recipient of the Design Contest Award from ISLPED in 2012 and 2013 and the Best Paper Award from HPCA in 2015. He served as a TPC Member for DAC, ASPDAC, and ASSCC.
Yongpan Liu (M’07–SM’15) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1999, 2002, and 2007, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with Tsinghua University. He led over 10 chip design projects for sensing applications, including the first nonvolatile processor (THU1010N). He has authored or coauthored over 100 papers. His current research interests include power design, emerging circuits and systems, and design automation. Dr. Liu was a recipient of the Design Contest Award from ISLPED in 2012 and 2013 and the Best Paper Award from HPCA in 2015. He served as a TPC Member for DAC, ASPDAC, and ASSCC.View more