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Investigation of galvanic-coupled intracorporal communication using the human body circuit model
Intrabody Communication (IBC) is a technique that uses the human body as a transmission medium for electrical signals to connect sensors and portable electronic devices. Understanding the human body as the means of transmission in IBC opens the way for the practical implementation of IBC in networks of body sensors. In this study we propose a model of galvanic coupling IBC based on a simplified equivalent circuit representation of the human arm. We propose a new way of calculating the electrode-skin contact impedance. Based on the model and the human experimental results, important features of the galvanic coupling IBC are discussed, namely the effect of the tissues, the anthropometry of the subjects and the configuration of the electrode in the propagation of the signal. We find that the dielectric properties of the muscle primarily characterize the signal received when the receiving electrodes are located near the transmitter electrodes. When the receiver and transmitter electrodes are widely separated, the dielectric property of the skin affects the signal received.