1. Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: [Proposal for Wireless BAN Frequency Band Allocation]
Date Submitted: [12 Nov., 2007]
Source: [(1) Hyungsoo Lee, Cheolhyo Lee, Jaeyoung Kim, and (2) Kyungsup Kwak]
Company: [(1) Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) (2) Inha University]
Address: [(1) 161 Gajeong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, , KOREA, (2) 401 Inha Venture Chanupkwan #253 Yonghyendong Namgu Inchon, KOREA]
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Abstract: [This document presents frequency band allocation for Wireless BAN considering the international frequency usage of medical and wearable applications]
Purpose: [Contribution to IEEE SGban]
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2. Proposal for Wireless BAN Frequency Band Allocation
Hyungsoo Lee, Cheolhyo Lee, Jaeyoung Kim
Kyungsup Kwak
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
Inha University
Republic of Korea

3. WBAN Classification BAN Application : Medical/CE
Radio Propagation : Implant/On-Body/Out-Body
Data Rate : Low Rate/Medium Rate
BAN
Non-Medical BAN
Medical BAN
Wearable Medical
(Low Rate/Medium Rate)
Implant
(Low Rate/Medium Rate)
Wearable CE
(Low Rate/Medium Rate)
Implanted
glucose sensor
Body surface
forwarder
Insulin pump

4. What Frequency Band? Consideration for band selection
Single-band or Multi-band
1000 mW
500 mW
100 mW
50 mW
10 mW
1 Gbit/s
100 kbit/s
1 Mbit/s
10 Mbit/s
100 Mbit/s
1 kbit/s
10 kbit/s
Wireless USB(UWB)
IEEE a/b/g
Bluetooth
ZigBee
200 mW
20 mW
Body Area Network
5 mW
2 mW

5. International Frequency Band
Usage of common international frequency band
MICS Band
ISM Band
UWB Band
MICS (Medical Implant Communications System)
WMTS (Wireless Medical Telemetry Service)
Frequency(MHz)
Freq. Region
Service
Comments 1 2 3
402.00~405.00
MICS
Implant
433.05~434.79
General Telemetry
Short Range
602.00~614.00
WMTS
Local Area Range ※ Licensed
868.00~870.00
Short Range(ZigBee)
902.00~928.00
ISM
Low power(ZigBee)
1395~1400
1427~1429.5 ~
( ~ )
ISM(Blutooth/WLAN/ZigBee) ~
ISM(WLAN)

6. MICS Frequency Band ITU USA, EU, Korea, Japan Regulation
401~406MHz : Meteorological aids service
Recommend to use 401~406MHz band for both MICS and Meteorological aids service in 1998
USA, EU, Korea, Japan
USA(1999, FCC Part95), EU(2002), Korea(2007), Japan(2005) allocate 402~405 MHz (3MHz band, 300kHz/1ch) as MICS
Regulation
LBT(Listen-Before-Talk) with adaptive frequency agile
10 chnnels(300kHz/ch), 25uW EIRP
I T U
USA EU
KOREA
/JAPAN
401
402
403
404
405
406
MHz
401
406
402
405
402
405
402
405

7. Wearable Medical Band: MedRadio/MEDS
USA
New frequency Assignment in 2008 : MedRadio (Medical Radio)
Available to use Body-worn devices
MedRaio band assigned 401~406 MHz including 401~402/405~406 MHz
Regulation : 100kHz/channel
Europe
ECC report 92 (2006) : MEDS (MEdical Data Service)
Medical devices for in-body or out-body communication
Others
May use common frequency band of 401~406 MHz defined by ITU without inferference

8. Proposal for Wireless BAN frequency allocation
Medical low rate application : MedRadio band
Others : ISM or UWB band
402
405
Low rate
MICS
Implant
Medium rate
Image Data compression(MPEG)
Medical
401
406
Low rate
Wearable Medical
MedRadio
2.4
2.5
3.1
10.6
Medium rate
ISM OR
UWB
Wearable CE
Low rate/Medium Rate
ISM OR
UWB