Informacionnye TehnologiiInformacionnye TehnologiiИнформационные технологии1684-6400New Technologies Publishing House70222810.17587/it.31.161-168Information technologies in biomedical systemsИнформационные технологии в биомедицинских системахResearch ArticleExperimental investigation of energy efficiency in wireless body area networksЭкспериментальное исследование энергоэффективности беспроводных нательных сетейKhromovI. A.ХромовИ. А.
Russian Federation
ignx@yandex.ruVoskovL. S.ВосковЛ. С.
Russian Federation

Ph.D., Associate Professor

канд. техн. наук, доц.

lvoskov@hse.ruNational Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)Национальный исследовательский университет "Высшая школа экономики"150320253131611680502202605022026Copyright ©; 2025, Informacionnye TehnologiiCopyright ©; 2025, Информационные технологии2025Informacionnye TehnologiiИнформационные технологииhttps://journals.eco-vector.com/1684-6400/article/view/702228

This paper presents an energy-efficient architecture for wireless body area networks (WBANs) and a novel data transmission method that leverages the human body as a transmission medium. An experimental investigation is conducted to validate the energy efficiency of the proposed data transmission approach, which replaces traditional radio frequency (RF) methods. The results demonstrate a significant reduction in power consumption compared to Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), with a 7-fold decrease, and ZigBee, with a 14-fold decrease.

Рассматривается энергоэффективная архитектура беспроводной нательной сети и метод передачи данных, использующий тело человека в качестве среды передачи данных. Приводится экспериментальное исследование, подтверждающее энергоэффективность предлагаемого метода передачи данных, заключающегося в замене радиочастотных методов на нательную связь. Показано, что энергопотребление при передаче данных по нательной сети уменьшается по сравнению с радиочастотными технологиями Bluetooth LE в 7 раз и в 14 раз по сравнению с ZigBee.

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