TY - GEN
T1 - Mbps experimental acoustic through-tissue communications
T2 - 17th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, SPAWC 2016
AU - Singer, Andrew
AU - Oelze, Michael
AU - Podkowa, Anthony
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/8/9
Y1 - 2016/8/9
N2 - Methods for digital, phase-coherent acoustic communication date to at least the work of Stojanjovic, et al [20], and the added robustness afforded by improved phase tracking and compensation of Johnson, et al [21]. This work explores the use of such methods for communications through tissue for potential biomedical applications, using the tremendous bandwidth available in commercial medical ultrasound transducers. While long-range ocean acoustic experiments have been at rates of under 100kbps, typically on the order of 1-10kbps, data rates in excess of 120Mb/s have been achieved over cm-scale distances in ultrasonic testbeds [19]. This paper describes experimental transmission of digital communication signals through samples of real pork tissue and beef liver, achieving data rates of 20-30Mbps, demonstrating the possibility of real-time video-rate data transmission through tissue for in-body ultrasonic communications with implanted medical devices.
AB - Methods for digital, phase-coherent acoustic communication date to at least the work of Stojanjovic, et al [20], and the added robustness afforded by improved phase tracking and compensation of Johnson, et al [21]. This work explores the use of such methods for communications through tissue for potential biomedical applications, using the tremendous bandwidth available in commercial medical ultrasound transducers. While long-range ocean acoustic experiments have been at rates of under 100kbps, typically on the order of 1-10kbps, data rates in excess of 120Mb/s have been achieved over cm-scale distances in ultrasonic testbeds [19]. This paper describes experimental transmission of digital communication signals through samples of real pork tissue and beef liver, achieving data rates of 20-30Mbps, demonstrating the possibility of real-time video-rate data transmission through tissue for in-body ultrasonic communications with implanted medical devices.
KW - acoustic communications
KW - through body
KW - tissue
KW - ultrasonic
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U2 - 10.1109/SPAWC.2016.7536815
DO - 10.1109/SPAWC.2016.7536815
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84984644915
T3 - IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, SPAWC
BT - SPAWC 2016 - 17th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 3 July 2016 through 6 July 2016
ER -