Electrostatic analysis and design of a cable-free body area network of sensor nodes using 2D communication over conductive fabric sheets

2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3642-3647

  Wade, Eric ^a   Asada, Harry ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductive fabrics; Powerline communication; Transmission line; Wearable computing

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSMISSION ON POWER LINES; ELECTRIC LINES; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; SENSOR NODES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; CONDUCTIVE FABRICS; ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; ELECTROSTATIC ANALYSIS; POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONS (PLC); TRANSMISSION LINE CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY; WEARABLE COMPUTING;

WEARABLE SENSORS;

EID: 79957971191     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2005.1544962     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

1. Glaros, C. et. al. "A Wearable Intelligent System for Monitoring Health Condition and Rehabilitation of Running Athletes," Proc IEEE EMBS 4th Int. Conference on Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine (ITAB 2003); Birmingham, U.K., April 24-26, 2003, pp. 276-279.
2. nd IEEE ISWC, Page 116, 1998.
3. Martin, Thomas et. al. "Issues in Wearable Computing for Medical Monitoring Applications: A Case Study of a Wearable ECG Monitoring Device," Wearable Computers, 2000. The Fourth International Symposium on, 16-17 Oct. 2000 Pages:43 - 49. (Pubitemid 32072860)
4. DeVaul, R.; Sung, M.; Gips, J.; Pentland, A."MIThril 2003: Applications and Architecture," Wearable Computers, 2003. Proceedings. Seventh IEEE International Symposium on, 21-23 Oct. 2003 Pages:4 - 11.
5. Wade, E.; Asada, H.H. "Wearable DC powerline communication network using conductive fabrics" Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004 IEEE International Conference on, Volume: 4, April 26-May 1, 2004 Pages:4085 - 4090 Vol.4.
6. Azoulay, J. "Anisotropy in electric properties of fabrics containing new conductive fibers" Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on [see also Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on], Volume: 23, Issue: 3, June 1988 Pages:383 - 386.
7. Wade, E.; Asada, H.H. "Cable-Free Wearable Sensor System Using a DC Powerline Body Network in a Conductive Fabric Vest" Proceedings. EMBS '04. 2004 IEEE International Conference on.
8. K. Van Laerhoven, N. Villar & H.-W. Gellersen. "A Layered Approach to Wearable Textile Networks". In Proceedings of the IEE Eurowearable 2003; ISBN: 0-85296- 282-7; IEE Press. Birmingham, UK, pp. 61-67.
9. Wade, E.; Asada, H.H. "Reduced cable smart motors communicating over the DC power bus-line for high degree of freedom systems," Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2003. (IROS 2003). Proceedings. 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, Volume: 2, 27-31 Oct. 2003 Pages:1987 - 1991 vol.2.
10. Cliff Randell, Sharon Baurley, Matthew Chalmers and Henk Muller "Textile Tools for Wearable Computing," In: Proceedings of the 1st International Forum on Applied Wearable Computing, IFAWC 2004, pages 63-74. TZI, Bremen, March 2004. Acrobat: 673446 bytes.
11. H. A. Haus, Case Studies in Electromagnetism, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1960.