Academic literature on the topic 'Body area networks (Electronics) – Design and construction'

This study investigates the performance of flexible, wideband antennas with high gain properties. The high gain feature can often be obtained by positioning a reflector in the same planes as the adjacent radiator. For flexibility, this survey discusses the antennas that were printed on the flexible substrate materials. Based on these properties, the antenna can be recognized in a variety of wireless applications, including wireless local-area-network (WLAN), Worldwide Interoperability for microwave access (WI-Max), wireless body area network (WBAN), and radio frequency identification (RFID), as well as wearable applications. The high-gain antennas are compact radio wave-based antennas that provide precise radio transmission management. Such antennas deliver more energy to the receiver, increasing the frequency of the received signal. By gathering more power, high-gain antennas may emit signals quicker. Furthermore, because directional antennas broadcast fewer signals from the main wave, interference may be greatly minimized. Finally, this article identifies the role of lightweight high gain flexible antennas in terms of their size, substrate materials, design, and feeding mechanisms, all of which can affect bandwidth, gain, radiation efficiency, and other important factors.

Technical means that create for regenerating lost functions of the human body primarily focused on the target function. However, even when implants achieve performance that corresponds to natural organs and systems, in many cases the developers do not pay enough attention to the energy supply of implants and additional heat load due to energy losses in mechanical, electrical, and electronic units. If you do not consider these factors, it limits the duration and medical safety of the devices. It is especially true for implants with significant power consumption and wireless power supply. Therefore, this work determines the allowable additional heat load of the human body to justify the choice of further circuit solutions for wireless powering of implants with significant energy consumption and long-term operation. The subject of research is the processes of heat exchange between the implant and body structures and their energy and temperature indicators. The research object was chosen as an implant of the type "Artificial Heart" device (AHD) with a maximum power of 20… 25 W and the magnetic induction principle of energy transfer. The research tasks are to analyze the processes of heat exchange between the implant and the biostructures of the body; to calculate quantitative indicators of energy exchange in the location of the main components of the implant; to determine the temperature of biotissues in the area of the receiving inductor. The subject of research is the processes of heat exchange between the implant and body structures and their energy and temperature indicators. The research object was chosen as the implant of the type "Artificial Heart" device (AHD) with a maximum power of 20… 25 W and the magnetic induction principle of energy transfer. The research tasks are to analyze the processes of heat exchange between the implant and the biostructures of the body; to calculate quantitative indicators of energy exchange in the location of the main components of the implant; to determine the temperature of biotissues in the area of the receiving inductor. Research results. The processes of heat exchange between the structural elements of the implant and the biostructures of the body have a complex combination of physiological and physical mechanisms. Estimates are made based on the thermal conductivity process, as the most objective in terms of known quantitative indicators. With an average efficiency of ~ 0.8 for mechanical, electrical, and electronic components of the implant "Artificial Heart," the human body can maintain a stable temperature of internal organs in the presence of an implant with a maximum power consumption of 20 watts. The calculation conducted using the method of electrothermal analogy showed a possible increase in the temperature of biotissues in contact with the surface of the receiving implanted inductor, by 1.32 ° C. This value refers to the critical levels of internal tissue temperature rise. Summary. For practical implementation of the autonomous device the Artificial Heart Device, it is necessary to combine known or to find the original circuit-technical and design decisions of construction of components of wireless power supply with the magnetic induction principle and efficiency of not less than 0,8. To prevent thermal overload of biotissues, it is advisable to introduce a temperature control channel at potentially critical locations of the implanted elements. It is possible to predict the finding of these critical points by calculations by the method of electrothermal analogy.

Recent advances in electronics and integrated circuits have fostered the development of small and intelligent medical sensors and actuators that are wearable or implementable inside the human body. The main function of these devices is to collect patient’s physiological parameters and forward them to the medical center in an efficient and reliable way. Therefore, routing is a non-trivial task in wireless body area networks (WBAN); sensing the importance of routing in WBAN and the availability of a significant body of literature on this topic are the main motivations that encourage the study and examination of routing mechanisms. This paper proposes WBAN routing approaches. It outlines the design challenges for WBAN routing protocols and sketches out the communication architecture of this type of network. The authors’ main contribution is the classification of the routing techniques into six main categories, which corresponds to thermal aware routing protocols, cluster based routing protocols, cross layers based routing protocols, quality of service (QoS) aware routing protocols, and delay tolerant aware routing protocols. The advantages and performance issues of each routing technique are highlighted. This paper is useful for researchers to make enhancements to the future design of WBAN routing protocols and algorithms.

This paper reports the SAR analysis performed to study the effects of the human body on the radiation parameters of a microstrip patch antenna designed on a Roger RT5880 substrate with a relative permittivity of 2.2. The CST Microwave Studio suite environment was used for design simulations, and the antenna was fabricated using MITS electronics’ Eleven Lab antenna printing machine. The printed antenna was placed near the human body to assess its performance in terms of return loss, bandwidth, realized gain, directivity, efficiency, and SAR. The SAR observed in the vicinity of the human body is within the IEEE standard. The designed antenna is hence proposed to be suitable for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) applications.

Abstract: Wearable electronics and its related technologie’s demand is growing tremendously in recent years .The major developments that accelerated this growth are decrement in the size of wireless devices, advancement of high-speed wireless networks, accessibility of ultra-compact, evolving battery technologies. Most of the Wearable electronic devices for example smart watches, wristbands, rings etc; we use various types of antennas to sense, fetch, and exchange data wirelessly. As one of the best antennas in many terms like compact size, flexibility and easy design is the micrpstrip patch antenna, therefore designing of the same is done. We are designing a microstrip patch antenna as a wearable antenna for its main usage in WBAN (Wideband Body Area Network). The software of CST studio suite which is a 3D electromagnetic analyzer is udes to design the required antenna, where the methodology of cascading of two antennas is taken into account for the design with required gain.

Technological advances in electronics and machinery, especially in the design of electric motors, are the first step in the development of electric cars. The body is the main part of the car that functions as a construction protection and electrical panel from external factors such as sunlight, rain, and others. In this study, an analysis of the body and roof of an electric vehicle will be carried out to determine the flow of fluid or air that occurs in the car body. How to design the body and roof of a car, how is the air velocity vector that occurs around the roof of the car at speeds of 10 km/hour, 40 km/hour, and 70 km/hour. Before the method starts, literature studies, data collection, the process of designing an electric car body model, aerodynamic analysis through the ansys R1 2022 software, taking test results and conclusions, simulation data analysis techniques are conducting searches on the frontal area, entering geometry in the ansys model, setting sizes and setting of mesh clauses and airflow calculations. The results of the aerodynamic simulation of speeds of 10 km/hour, 40 km/hour, and 70 km/hour. There are parts or positions that block the air the most as shown in red, while those with the least air resistance are dark blue, the maximum speed results are shown in dark blue, while the minimum speed is shown in red so that the area has the greatest resistance. air.

The ever-increasing demand and need for high-speed communication have generated intensive research in the field of fifth-generation (5G) technology. Sub-6 GHz 5G mid-band spectrum is the focus of the researchers due to its meritorious ease of deployment in the current scenario with the already existing infrastructure of the 4G-LTE system. The 5G technology finds applications in enormous fields that require high data rates, low latency, and stable radiation patterns. One of the major sectors that benefit from the outbreak of 5G is the field of flexible electronics. Devices that are compact need an antenna to be flexible, lightweight, conformal, and still have excellent performance characteristics. Flexible antennas used in wireless body area networks (WBANs) need to be highly conformal to be bent according to the different curvatures of the human body at different body parts. The specific absorption rate (SAR) must be at a permissible level for such an antenna to be suited for WBAN applications. This paper gives a comprehensive review of the current state of the art flexible antennas in a sub-6 GHz 5G band. Furthermore, this paper gives a key insight into the materials for a flexible antenna, the parameters considered for the design of a flexible antenna for 5G, the challenges for the design, and the implementation of a flexible antenna for 5G.

With the continuous acceleration of urbanization, urban construction has gradually become an important factor to promote the development of productive forces, the construction level of first-tier cities in China is higher than that of second-tier cities, and the economic volume is about several times that of other cities. Therefore, urban construction is an important factor to promote productivity. As a special regional type, a city watershed is a complex system with integrity and regionality. The particularity of urban watersheds lies in the fact that cities are characterized by the aggregation of elements. Cities are not only areas with densely populated population and buildings, but also the concentrated places of production, consumption and exchange. The development of cities is dynamic and diverse. The city ecological elements in the watershed are closely related, and the upstream and downstream regions are inseparable and affect each other. The current issues in the administration and conservation of the river basin’s water environment are due to conflicts of interest between the upstream and downstream of the city river basin, as well as between numerous departments. The conflict of interest and conflict of interests between the upstream and downstream of the urban watershed and various departments is the difficulty in the management and protection of the water environment in the current watershed. Water environment security means that there are clean and sufficient water resources to meet the needs of human survival, to meet the needs of social progress and economic development, and to maintain a good ecological environment. Water ecology refers to the influence of environmental water factors on organisms and the adaptation of organisms to various water conditions. Urban greening and landscape design are of great significance to the improvement of the ecological environment and the realization of sustainable urban development. This article takes the ecological landscape of a certain area as a research object to study the complexity, diversity, variability and other characteristics of modern ecological environmental problems, and analyzes the relevant situation of water pollution in the landscape ecological environment. The research shows that: permanganic acid in the water body around the lake The salt index, COD, BOD5, total phosphorus, and total nitrogen cannot meet the requirements of the Class III water environment functional zone. Among them, the highest pollution of the permanganate index is the W10 monitoring point, which exceeds 1.98 times, and the second is the W8 monitoring point, which exceeds 1.65 Times; COD pollution is the heaviest at the W7 monitoring point, exceeding the standard by 0.56 times; BOD5 pollution is the heaviest at the W8 monitoring point, exceeding the standard by 0.39 times; the heaviest total phosphorus pollution is the W11 monitoring point, exceeding the standard by 19.90 times. From the water quality testing data, it can be concluded that the water quality of the landscape area is seriously polluted, which seriously affects the drinking water safety of residents. In the process of modern urban garden landscape planning and design, only full use of ecological concepts can reduce the consumption of natural resources, avoid damage to the original ecological environment, and provide a more comfortable and healthy living environment for the people.

River flood events have recently been increased due to many reasons such as climate change and excessive land usage. Thus, one of the greatest challenges is to control the flooding in urban areas. River flooding has become a phenomenon worldwide in general and in Iraq specifically. This is associated with the rapid increase of urbanization as well as mismanagement of land utilization; especially those located near the river banks, in addition to lack of consideration in terms of the design and implementation of drainage networks. In Iraq and especially in Al-Anbar governorate, studies in the field of flood simulation control have been rare. This study aims to suggest a fast and accurate methodology for local authorities, by providing a proposed solution and prediction of flooding area in the case study of the Fallujah barrage. Global Mapper software has been used to produce simulation photos on flooding area. Earth Explorer USGS website has been used to download water body data; and Global Digital Surface website has been used to extract and download the surface elevation data. The result of the simulation photos has predicted valuable information about the flooding area and proposed a general vision on the areas that are under threat of flooding. Four main areas were exposed to flooding, area 1, area 2, area 3, and area 4; A total flooding area of 11.89 km2. The total maximum operational level for the barrage was designed to be 44.79 m above sea level. Also, the recommended maximum operation level for the barrage was 43 m ASL. Doi: 10.28991/cej-2021-03091754 Full Text: PDF

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to formulate a framework to construct a patient-specific risk score and therefore to classify these patients into various risk groups that can be used as a decision support mechanism by the medical decision makers to augment their decision-making process, allowing them to optimally use the limited resources available. Design/methodology/approach A conventional statistical model (logistic regression) and two machine learning-based (i.e. artificial neural networks (ANNs) and support vector machines) data mining models were employed by also using five-fold cross-validation in the classification phase. In order to overcome the data imbalance problem, random undersampling technique was utilized. After constructing the patient-specific risk score, k-means clustering algorithm was employed to group these patients into risk groups. Findings Results showed that the ANN model achieved the best results with an area under the curve score of 0.867, while the sensitivity and specificity were 0.715 and 0.892, respectively. Also, the construction of patient-specific risk scores offer useful insights to the medical experts, by helping them find a trade-off between risks, costs and resources. Originality/value The study contributes to the existing body of knowledge by constructing a framework that can be utilized to determine the risk level of the targeted patient, by employing data mining-based predictive approach.

One key solution to provide affordable and proactive healthcare facilities to overcome the fast world population growth and a shortage of medical professionals is through health monitoring systems capable of early disease detection and real-time data transmission leading to considerable improvements in the quality of human life. Wireless body area networks (WBANs) are proposed as promising approaches to providing better mobility and flexibility experience than traditional wired medical systems by using low-power, miniaturised sensors inside, around, or off the human body and are employed to monitor physiological signals. However, the design of reliable and energy efficient in-body communication systems is still a major research challenge since implant devices are characterised by strict requirements on size, energy consumption and safety. Moreover, there is still no agreement regarding QoS support in WBANs. The first part of this work concentrates on the design and performance evaluation of WBAN communication systems involving the ‘in-body to in-body’ and ‘in-body to on-body’ scenarios. The essential step is to derive the statistical WBAN path loss (PL) models, which characterise the signal propagation energy loss transmitting via intra-body region. Moreover, from the point of view of human body safety evaluation, the obtained specific absorption rate (SAR) values are compared with the latest Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.15.6 Task Group technical standard and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) safety guidelines. Link budget analysis is then presented using a range of energy-efficient modulation schemes, and the results are given including the transmission distance, data rate and transmitting power in individual sections. On the other hand, major quality of service (QoS) support challenges in WBANs are discussed and investigated. To achieve higher lifetime and lower network energy consumption, different data routing protocol methods, including incremental relaying and the two-relay based routing technique are taken into account. A set of key QoS metrics for linear mathematical models is given along with the related subjective functions. The incremental relaying routing protocol promises significant enhancements in in-body WBAN network lifetime by minimising the overall communication distance while the two-relay based routing method achieves better performance in terms of emergency data transmission and high traffic condition, QoS-aware WBANs design. Moreover, to handle real-time high data transmission applications such as capsule endoscope image transmission, a flexible QoS-aware wireless body area sensor networks (WBASNs) model is proposed and evaluated that can bring novel solutions for a realistic multi-user hospital environment regarding information packet collision probability, manageable numbers of sensor nodes and a wide range of data rates.

近年來感測器、集成電路及無線通信的科技迅速發展，促使IEEE802.15工作小組6（TG6）致力硏究一個新的無線通信標準─人體區域網路（BAN）。這個新標準特別考量在人體上、人體內或人體周邊的應用。雖然BAN至今還未達成最後定案，不同類型的應用方案已被廣泛提出。這些方案可分為醫療應用（例如：生命徵象感測和植入式治療）及非醫療應用（例如：消費性電子、個人娛樂和遙遠控制）。無線感測節點〈WSN）的基本要求包括輕巧、廉價及低耗電量。因此，本論文提出了一個符合以上要求的注入式鎖態發射機。此外，我們設計了三個發射機的內部模組。由於BAN的物理層例如調變方式和頻譜配置還未完全製訂，本文的電路設計將基於IEEE802.15 TG6的初步建議。
第一個模組是一個利用同相位雙路輸入及電流再使用技術的次毫瓦、第一次諧波LC注入式鎖態振盪器〈ILO）。該振盪器操作範圍在醫療植入式通訊服務〈MICS）頻段，並已採用了0.13-μm CMOS工藝實現而僅佔有200 m x 380 m芯片面積。實驗結果表明，在輸入動力0 dBm時，其鎖定範圍可達800 MHz (150 950 MHz) 。最重要的是，該ILO擁有-30 dBm的高輸入靈敏度，同時在1-V供電下只消耗660 A靜態電流。超低的靜態電流使WSN能從人體收集能量而變得完全自主。
第二個模組是一個低功耗MICS非整數型頻率合成器，其目的在於選擇信道。雖然整數鎖相環由於其低複雜性而被廣泛使用，對MICS頻段而言並不是一項良好方案。主要原因在於其信道寬只有300 kHz，速度、頻率解析度和相位雜訊變得很難平衡。為此，我們採用0.13-μm CMOS製程設計了一個4階第二型和差積分〈Σ-）調變器分數鎖相環。為了抑制混附單頻信號，二階單迴路數字Σ-調變器加入了抖動。仿真結果顯示該頻率合成器能在15 s內鎖定，同時在1.5-V供電下只消耗4 mW功耗。
第三個模組是一個高效能、完全集成的E類功率放大器〈PA）。該PA採用了自給偏壓反相器作為前置放大器，操作範圍在MICS頻段及工業、科學和醫學〈ISM）頻段。在0.18-m CMOS工藝下實現的該PA佔有0.9 mm x 0.7 mm芯片面積。實驗結果表明，在1.2-V供電下及操作頻率是433 MHz時，該PA的漏極效率及輸出功率分別可達40.2 %和14.7 dBm。當操作頻率從380 MHz 到460 MHz，該PA仍能保侍最少34.7 %的漏極效率。此設計適用於低數據傳輸率、固定振幅調變，例如：QPSK、OQPSK等。
Recent technological advances in sensors, integrated circuits and wireless communication enable miniature devices located on, in or around the human body to form a new wireless communication standard called wireless Body Area Network (BAN). Although BAN is still being investigated by the IEEE 802.15 Task Group 6 (TG6), a vast variety of applications has been proposed which can be categorized into medical applications (e.g. vital signs monitoring and implantable therapeutic treatment) and non-medical applications (e.g. consumer electronics and remote control). The basic requirements of each Wireless Sensor Node (WSN) include light weight, small form-factor, low cost and low power consumption. This thesis proposes an injection-locked transmitter which is a potential candidate to minimize the power consumption of the RF transmitter in WSNs. Three circuit blocks in the proposed injection-locked transmitter are designed and implemented. Since the physical layer of BAN, such as modulation scheme and frequency allocation, has still not been finalized yet, the prototypes in this thesis are designed based on the preliminary suggestions made by the IEEE 802.15 TG6.
The first circuit block is a sub-mW, current-reused first-harmonic LC injection-locked oscillator (ILO) using in-phase dual-input injection technique, operating in the Medical Implantable Communications Service (MICS) band from 402MHz to 405 MHz for medical implants. It has been fabricated in a standard 0.13-m CMOS technology; occupying 200 m x 380 m. Measurement results show that the proposed ILO features a wide locking range of 800 MHz (150-950 MHz) at input power of 0 dBm. More importantly, it has a high input sensitivity of -30 dBm to lock the 3-MHz bandwidth of the MICS band, while consuming only 660 W at 1-V supply. This ultra-low power consumption enables autonomous WSNs by energy harvested from the human body.
The second circuit block is a low power MICS fractional-N frequency synthesizer for channel selection. Although integer-N phase-locked loop (PLL) is widely used due to its low circuit complexity, it is not considered as a good solution for MICS band where the channel spacing is just 300 kHz, due to the severe trade-off between speed, frequency resolution and phase noise performance. To solve this issue, a 4th-order type-II Σ- fractional-N PLL is designed using a standard 0.18-m CMOS technology. A 2nd-order single-loop digital Σ- modulator with dither is designed to eliminate the spurious tones. Simulation results verify that the synthesizer achieves 15 s locking time and consumes 4 mW at a power supply of 1.5 V.
Finally, a power-efficient fully-integrated class-E power amplifier with a self-biased inverter used as a preamplifier stage has been implemented in a standard 0.18-m CMOS process, with 0.9 mm x 0.7 mm active area. It operates in both MICS band for implantable devices and Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band for wearable devices. Experimental results shows that it achieves 40.2 % drain efficiency while output power is 14.7 dBm at 433 MHz under 1.2-V supply. Moreover, the drain efficiency maintains at least 34.7 % over the frequency range from 380 MHz to 460 MHz. This design is suitable for low data-rate, constant envelope modulation, such as QPSK, OQPSK, etc.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Li, Kwan Wai.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Abstract also in Chinese.
Abstract of thesis entitled: --- p.I
摘要 --- p.IV
Contents --- p.VI
List of Figures --- p.XI
List of Tables --- p.XVII
Acknowledgement --- p.XVIII
Chapter CHAPTER 1. --- Introduction --- p.1
Chapter 1.1 --- Motivation for body area network (BAN) --- p.1
Chapter 1.2 --- Standardization of BAN and its positioning between different communication technologies --- p.3
Chapter 1.3 --- Classification of BAN and its potential applications --- p.5
Chapter 1.4 --- Requirements and challenges of BAN --- p.7
Chapter 1.5 --- Research objectives and organization of this dissertation --- p.9
References --- p.11
Chapter CHAPTER 2. --- Background information of biomedical transceivers --- p.12
Chapter 2.1 --- MICS band --- p.12
Chapter 2.1.1 --- Frequency allocation --- p.12
Chapter 2.1.2 --- Output power --- p.13
Chapter 2.1.3 --- Transmit spectral mask --- p.14
Chapter 2.1.4 --- Transmit center frequency tolerance --- p.14
Chapter 2.1.5 --- Channel model --- p.15
Chapter 2.1.6 --- Link budget --- p.17
Chapter 2.2 --- Fundamental figure of merits for transceivers --- p.18
Chapter 2.2.1 --- Noise figure, noise floor and receiver sensitivity --- p.18
Chapter 2.2.2 --- Transmitter energy efficiency --- p.19
References --- p.20
Chapter CHAPTER 3. --- Review of transmitter architectures --- p.21
Chapter 3.1 --- Overview --- p.21
Chapter 3.2 --- Architectures --- p.22
Chapter 3.2.1 --- Quadrature --- p.22
Chapter 3.2.2 --- Polar --- p.23
Chapter 3.2.3 --- PLL-based --- p.24
Chapter 3.2.4 --- Injection-locked --- p.26
Chapter 3.3 --- Radio architecture selection for biomedical systems in BAN --- p.27
Chapter 3.3.1 --- Data-rate --- p.27
Chapter 3.3.2 --- Modulation scheme --- p.28
Chapter 3.3.3 --- Proposed transmitter architecture --- p.28
References --- p.31
Chapter CHAPTER 4. --- Design of sub-mW injection-locked oscillator --- p.33
Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.34
Chapter 4.2 --- Circuit design and analysis --- p.34
Chapter 4.3 --- Experimental results --- p.47
Chapter 4.4 --- Summary --- p.55
References --- p.56
Chapter CHAPTER 5. --- Design of low-power fractional-N frequency synthesizer --- p.58
Chapter 5.1 --- Synthesizer architectures --- p.59
Chapter 5.2 --- PLL design fundamentals --- p.63
Chapter 5.2.1 --- Stability --- p.63
Chapter 5.2.2 --- Phase noise --- p.65
Chapter 5.3 --- Proposed architecture --- p.67
Chapter 5.4 --- System design --- p.68
Chapter 5.4.1 --- Stability --- p.68
Chapter 5.4.2 --- Phase noise --- p.73
Chapter 5.5 --- Σ modulation in fractional-N synthesis --- p.75
Chapter 5.5.1 --- Basic operating principles --- p.76
Chapter 5.5.2 --- An accumulator as a first-order Σ- modulator --- p.78
Chapter 5.5.3 --- Noise analysis --- p.80
Chapter 5.5.4 --- Architectures --- p.84
Chapter 5.5.5 --- Design and modeling --- p.87
Chapter 5.5.6 --- Digital circuit implementation --- p.99
Chapter 5.5.7 --- Measurement results --- p.104
Chapter 5.6 --- Time domain behavioral modeling --- p.104
Chapter 5.7 --- Design of building blocks --- p.106
Chapter 5.7.1 --- VCO --- p.107
Chapter 5.7.1.1 --- Principles --- p.107
Chapter 5.7.1.2 --- Circuit design --- p.111
Chapter 5.7.2 --- PFD --- p.131
Chapter 5.7.2.1 --- Principles --- p.131
Chapter 5.7.2.2 --- Circuit design --- p.133
Chapter 5.7.3 --- CP --- p.136
Chapter 5.7.3.1 --- Principles --- p.136
Chapter 5.7.3.2 --- Circuit design --- p.137
Chapter 5.7.4 --- Frequency divider --- p.138
Chapter 5.7.4.1 --- Principles --- p.138
Chapter 5.7.4.2 --- Circuit design --- p.145
Chapter 5.7.5 --- Loop filter --- p.148
Chapter 5.8 --- Layout issues --- p.149
Chapter 5.9 --- Overall simulation results --- p.150
Chapter 5.1 --- Summary --- p.152
References --- p.153
Chapter CHAPTER 6. --- Design of high-efficient power amplifier --- p.154
Chapter 6.1 --- Classification of PAs --- p.154
Chapter 6.2 --- Circuit design considerations --- p.158
Chapter 6.3 --- Experimental results --- p.160
Chapter 6.4 --- Summary --- p.164
References --- p.166
Chapter CHAPTER 7. --- Conclusions and future work --- p.167
Chapter 7.1 --- Conclusions --- p.167
Chapter 7.2 --- Future work --- p.168
References --- p.171

Wireless Body Area Networks, also known as the Wireless Body Sensor Networks, provides the monitoring of the health parameters in remote areas and where the medical facility is not available. Wireless Body Sensor Networks contains the body or placement of the sensors on body for measuring the medical and non-medical parameters. These networks share the wireless medium for the transmission of the data from one place to another. So the design of Medium Access Control is a challenging task for the WBSNs due to wireless media for less energy consumption and mobility. Various MAC protocols are designed to provide less energy consumption and improve the network lifetime. This paper presents the study of these existing MAC layer protocols based on different QoS parameters that define the network quality.