BODYCOM: Body-Coupled Networking for Reliable Wearable Medical Communication
Principal Investigator: Dr Anna Maria Mandalari
Project Team: Mohammad Alhussan, Aurelio Loris Canino and Dr Francesca Boem
Institution: University College London (UCL)
Funder: Huawei-UCL NNTI Joint Laboratory
Scheme: Base Exploratory Project
Funding: £62,500
Duration: One year
Project Overview
BODYCOM develops and evaluates a dual-channel body-area networking architecture for wearable medical devices. The project combines Bluetooth Low Energy with Galvanic Coupling Intra-Body Communication, using the body-coupled path as a local reference and a redundant communication channel.
The proof-of-concept system will be evaluated using measures including packet delivery, latency, signal-to-noise ratio, recovery time, power consumption and communication reliability.
Funding Acknowledgement
This work is supported by a Huawei-UCL NNTI Joint Laboratory Base Exploratory Project award.