Monday, June 04, 2012

802.15.6 - BAN: Body Area Networking

We can add this new acronym to PAN, LAN, WLAN, WAN, etc

From Shuang Yu - IEEE 802.15.6, A New Standard for Body Area Networking

IEEE, the world’s largest professional association advancing technology for humanity, today announced a new standard, IEEE 802.15.6™-2012, optimized to serve wireless communications needs for ultra-low power devices operating in or around the human body. Created for a variety of applications, IEEE 802.15.6-2012 is designed to address and compensate for the effects of a body on network performance. It will help enable a new generation of wireless implantable devices, assist in the development of new opportunities for delivering better healthcare as well as support other innovative uses for wearable computing devices.

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