NeTS: EAGER: Exploring 60G HZ based Wireless Body Area Networks for mHealth Applications

NetS：EAGER：探索用于移动医疗应用的基于 60G HZ 的无线体域网

基本信息

批准号：
1744272
负责人：
Hua Fang
金额：
$ 10万
依托单位：
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-09-01 至 2020-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1744272&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
NeTS EAGER Exploring 60G HZ

项目摘要

This project aims to explore 60 gigahertz (GHz) communication for mobile health (mHealth) applications and build a strong theoretical foundation for designing and evaluating 60GHz Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) performance. Deep understanding will be gained on the fundamental limits of current 2.4GHz-band WBAN in mHealth applications and the promising benefits of 60GHz body area communication, in terms of its smaller device size, higher data rates, reliability, energy efficiency, safety and security. The outcomes of this research significantly advance the discovery and development of theories and algorithms for designing and evaluating 60GHz WBANs, accelerating wider and faster mHealth applications and consequently addressing escalating healthcare costs worldwide. The proposed research is tightly coupled to a strong educational component. The planned outreach activities help motivate and attract minority students, and meet increasing demands from a diverse group of government and industry partners. The proposed project has a favorable impact on both graduate and undergraduate training and education.The research project establishes the theoretical foundation to support the channel modeling, energy efficiency, and security protection for 60GHz WBANs. This research is challenging due to the unique radio propagation pattern of 60G Hz body area communication, energy and security issues for resource-constrained devices in WBANs. Unlike the traditional 2.4G band communication, using the 60GHz band for WBAN has significant advantages in its compact network coverage, device miniaturization, efficient frequency reuse, reduced interference with adjacent wireless body-centric networks, and high data rates. The project includes (1) developing a new channel modeling for 60GHz WBAN communication; (2) improving energy efficiency in 60GHz WBAN through resource allocations; (3) establishing its security mechanism based on channel reciprocity; (4) conducting performance evaluation for 60GHz WBAN communication. The proposed studies employ new statistical modeling approaches to characterize the 60GHz communication channel over body area, improve its power efficiency and security protection. This research project is especially valuable to mHealth applications, advances the WBAN literature, and may provide new guidelines for the 60GHz WBAN design and deployment.

该项目旨在探索用于移动健康 (mHealth) 应用的 60 GHz 通信，并为设计和评估 60GHz 无线体域网 (WBAN) 性能奠定坚实的理论基础。我们将深入了解当前 2.4GHz 频段 WBAN 在移动医疗应用中的基本限制，以及 60GHz 体域通信在更小的设备尺寸、更高的数据速率、可靠性、能源效率、安全性和保障方面的潜在优势。这项研究的成果极大地推进了用于设计和评估 60GHz WBAN 的理论和算法的发现和开发，加速了更广泛、更快的移动医疗应用，从而解决了全球不断上升的医疗成本问题。拟议的研究与强大的教育成分紧密结合。计划中的外展活动有助于激励和吸引少数族裔学生，并满足不同政府和行业合作伙伴日益增长的需求。该项目对研究生和本科生的培训和教育产生了良好的影响。该研究项目为支持60GHz WBAN的信道建模、能效和安全保护奠定了理论基础。由于 60G Hz 体域通信的独特无线电传播模式、WBAN 中资源受限设备的能源和安全问题，这项研究具有挑战性。与传统的2.4G频段通信不同，使用60GHz频段进行WBAN在网络覆盖紧凑、设备小型化、频率复用高效、减少对相邻无线人体中心网络的干扰以及高数据速率等方面具有显着优势。该项目包括 (1) 为 60GHz WBAN 通信开发新的信道模型； (2) 通过资源分配提高60GHz WBAN的能源效率；（三）建立基于通道互惠的安全机制； (4)对60GHz WBAN通信进行性能评估。拟议的研究采用新的统计建模方法来表征身体区域的 60GHz 通信信道，提高其功率效率和安全保护。该研究项目对于移动医疗应用特别有价值，推进了 WBAN 文献，并可能为 60GHz WBAN 设计和部署提供新的指导方针。