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, 305-350, KOREA, (2) 401 Inha Venture Chanupkwan #253 Yonghyendong Namgu Inchon, KOREA] Voice: [(1) +82-42-860-5620, (2) +82-32-860-7416], FAX: [(1) +82-42-860-5218, (2) +82-32-876-7349] E-Mail: [(1) hsulee@etri.re.kr, clee7@ etri.re.kr, jyk@etri.re.kr, (2) kskwak@inha.ac.kr] Abstract: [This document presents frequency band allocation for Wireless BAN considering the international frequency usage of medical and wearable applications] Purpose: [Contribution to IEEE 802.15 SGban] Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P802.15. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor acknowledges and accepts that this contribution becomes the property of IEEE and may be made publicly available by P802.15.

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

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

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 802.11 a/b/g Bluetooth ZigBee 200 mW 20 mW Body Area Network 5 mW 2 mW

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 2400.00~2483.50 (2400.00~2500.00) ISM(Blutooth/WLAN/ZigBee) 5650.00~5925.00 ISM(WLAN)

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

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

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