Bluetooth Signal Attenuation Analysis in Human Body Tissue Analogues
Wireless communications for ingestible and implantable medical device applications are integral for the embedded systems employed to these ends. The Bluetooth protocol is of major interest given its ubiquitous nature in consumer electronic devices. Here the effectiveness of Bluetooth in such applica...
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doaj-c9a0114130954bff82b05367d1b26cc12021-06-17T23:00:28ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362021-01-019851448515010.1109/ACCESS.2021.30877809449897Bluetooth Signal Attenuation Analysis in Human Body Tissue AnaloguesMichael J. Christoe0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8416-8940Jinhong Yuan1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5794-493XAron Michael2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4088-4256Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6109-132XSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaWireless communications for ingestible and implantable medical device applications are integral for the embedded systems employed to these ends. The Bluetooth protocol is of major interest given its ubiquitous nature in consumer electronic devices. Here the effectiveness of Bluetooth in such applications is examined with a custom-designed Bluetooth system. The radio frequency (RF) attenuation testing was conducted in a variety of different media, including water, meat, ballistic gel, and fat. The RF signal attenuation was found to be the highest in meat and ballistic gel, less in water and least severe in fat. The measured distances at which signal integrity was still maintained provide necessary information for designing and implementing Bluetooth based medical devices and function as evidence for the feasibility of Bluetooth enabled systems for such communications.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9449897/Channel characterization and modelingpropagationsensor networksexperimental and prototype results |
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Michael J. Christoe Jinhong Yuan Aron Michael Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh Bluetooth Signal Attenuation Analysis in Human Body Tissue Analogues IEEE Access Channel characterization and modeling propagation sensor networks experimental and prototype results |
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Bluetooth Signal Attenuation Analysis in Human Body Tissue Analogues |
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Bluetooth Signal Attenuation Analysis in Human Body Tissue Analogues |
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Bluetooth Signal Attenuation Analysis in Human Body Tissue Analogues |
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Bluetooth Signal Attenuation Analysis in Human Body Tissue Analogues |
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Bluetooth Signal Attenuation Analysis in Human Body Tissue Analogues |
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bluetooth signal attenuation analysis in human body tissue analogues |
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Wireless communications for ingestible and implantable medical device applications are integral for the embedded systems employed to these ends. The Bluetooth protocol is of major interest given its ubiquitous nature in consumer electronic devices. Here the effectiveness of Bluetooth in such applications is examined with a custom-designed Bluetooth system. The radio frequency (RF) attenuation testing was conducted in a variety of different media, including water, meat, ballistic gel, and fat. The RF signal attenuation was found to be the highest in meat and ballistic gel, less in water and least severe in fat. The measured distances at which signal integrity was still maintained provide necessary information for designing and implementing Bluetooth based medical devices and function as evidence for the feasibility of Bluetooth enabled systems for such communications. |
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Channel characterization and modeling propagation sensor networks experimental and prototype results |
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