Intra-body Communication Modem on FPGA with AHB-Lite Bus Interface

Sang Don Kim; Seung Eun Lee

doi:10.6180/jase.2015.18.4.09

Intra-body Communication Modem on FPGA with AHB-Lite Bus Interface

Sang Don Kim¹ and Seung Eun Lee This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.¹

¹Department of Electronic Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, 172 Gongreung-2-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul-si, Korea

Received: May 3, 2014
Accepted: September 12, 2015
Publication Date: December 1, 2015

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ABSTRACT

The intra-body communication can be used to establish a secure communication channel, providing the simplicity and the security. Although the communication distance is limited within a body-area, it is useful on the construction of personal area network. In this paper, we introduce our prototype intra-body communication modem implemented on an FPGA, along with ARM Cortex M0 processor. Experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of our intra-body communication modem for establishing a secure network.

Keywords: Intra-body Communication, PAN (Personal Area Network), FPGA, System-on-Chip, Wearable Devices, AMBA

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