Review of the Modeling, Simulation and Implement of Intra-body Communication

Intra-body communication (IBC) is a technology using the human body as a transmission medium for electrical signals. Compared with the short distance wireless communication technologies, it has several novel characteristics. The modeling, simulation and implement of intra-body communication are reviewed. Firstly, the transfer function of the galvanic coupling IBC was deduced, and the in vivo measurements results and the corresponding mathematical simulations results based on the proposed transfer function are discussed. Secondly, a finite-element method for modeling the whole human body is introduced, and simulations results of the galvanic coupling IBC based on the whole human body and the corresponding in vivo measurement results are discussed. Finally, the implement methods of the intra-body communication as well as a novel IBC system based on Mach–Zehnder EO modulator are introduced and analyzed, while some conclusions are achieved.