HUMAN AREA

NETWORK
Presented by
Surendra babu.s
(1OX03CS080)
 CONTENT
• History

• Introduction to HAN

• What is RedTacton?

• Overview Of HAN

• Features Of HAN

• Mechanism Of Communication
• System Safety

• Applications

• Comparison Of Red Tacton with

other Technologies

• Red Tacton Devices

• Conclusion
 History Of HAN

• The concept of intra-body communication

was first proposed by IBM.

• This communication mechanism was later

evaluated and reported by several research
groups around the world.

• All those reported technologies had two

limitations.
 Limitations:
1. The operating range through the body was
limited to a few tens of centimeters .
2. The top communication speed was only 40 bit/s.

• These limitations were overcome by NTT (Nippon

Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) by using
photonic electric field sensors and finally came up
with a human area networking technology called
‘RED TACTON’ in 2005.
 Introduction Of Human Area Network

Human Area Networking is a technology that safely turns the surface of the
human body into a data transmission path at speeds up to 10 Mbps between any
two points on the body.
 What is RED Tacton?

Tacton “touch-act-on” Meaning

“action triggered by touching”.

RED It is an auspicious color

according to Japanese
Culture.
 Overview Of HAN
• Red Tacton is a new Human Area Networking
technology that turns the surface of the human body
as a safe, high speed network transmission path.

• Communication is possible using any body surfaces,

such as the hands, fingers, arms, feet, face, legs or
toes.

• Red Tacton works through shoes and clothing as

well.
• Red Tacton uses the minute electric field emitted on the
surface of the human body for data transmission.

• NTT developed super sensitive Photonic electric field

sensor for detecting minute electric
field emitted on the surface of the human body.

• One of the main feature of Photonic electric field sensor is;

• It supports one-point contact measurement that is
independent of the ground.
 Features Of Human Area Network

Touch
Communication with just a
touch or step!

TOUCH

Broadband And
Interactive
Broadband do not Any-Media
deteriorate even Works with many
Broadband & Any-Media
with duplex Interactive transmission media
operation And common in human
simultaneous life!
access by many
users!
Mechanism Of Communication With RedTacton

• The transmitter sends data by inducing

fluctuations in the minute electric field on the
surface of the human body.
• Data is received using a photonic electric
field sensor that combines an electro-optic
crystal and a laser light to detect fluctuations
in the minute electric field.

Ea Eb Ec Es
Use of Photonic
E-F indused by E-F returning to E-F Dissipating Detected E-F at E-F Sensor
Transmitter GND of TX Into Earth Receiver
 How REDTACTON Transceivers work?

Transceiver device block diagram

It consists of:
Transmitter Receiver
• Transmitter circuit • Detector circuit
• Data sense circuit
• Control signal • Electro-optic sensor
 System Safety
• Displacement current occuring in the body is small enough.

• Red Tacton conforms to the safety guideline of induced current.

• It is certified with Radiofrequency-exposure protection

guideline ( rcr std-38).

Radiofrequency-exposure protection guideline

(rcr std-38)

Electric field intensity : less than 82.4 v/m

Displacement Current : less than 45 mA at frequency of 10Mhz
 Applications

Four major application fields using Red Tacton are introduced:

1. One to One services

2. Intuitive Operations

3. Personalization

4. Security Applications
 1.One to One Services Touch

• Information recorded in the Red Tacton device is sent to

the touched objects.

• Appropriate service is provided based on the information

received by the Red Tacton receiver.
 Broadband
2. Intuitive Operations touch &
Interactive

• Natural movements and actions are the trigger (touch).

•There's no “triggering" any more. Just intuitive human

interaction.

• Red Tacton transceivers embedded in two terminals can

communicate not only data but also the control or configuration
instructions needed to operate devices (broadband & interactive).
 3. Personalization touch
Broadband
&
Interactive

• Digital lifestyle can be instantly personalized with just a touch.

• A pre-recorded configuration script can be embedded in a

mobile terminal with built-in Red Tacton transceiver.

• When another device with Red Tacton capabilities is touched,

personalization data and configuration scripts can be
downloaded automatically.
a) Personalization of mobile phones

• Just touching a phone, makes it your own

b) Personalization of Automobiles

• Just sitting on the seat triggers the

car to load all its presets, just the way
you like.
 touch
5. Security Applications Broadband
& Any media
Interactive

• Automatic user authentication and log-in with just a touch.

• ID and privileges are recorded in a mobile Red Tacton device.

• Corresponding Red Tacton receivers are installed at security

check points.

• The system can provide authentication and record who touched

the device, and when.
a) User verification and lock
management at entrance

• User verification & unlocking

with just a touch.

b) Confidential document
management

• Automatic access log for confidential

document storage.
 Comparison With Other Human
Communication Methods

• Red Tacton does not require the • With the electric amperage method,
electrode to be in direct contact with electrode must be in direct contact with
the skin. the skin.
 Comparison with other network technologies
Performance:

Wireless Red E: Excellent

Evaluation criteria Infrared
Tacton
LAN
P: Poor
Transfer speed
(Can DVD-quality images be sent?) E P E

Performance deterioration during

periods of congestion (Simultaneous P E E
use by many people in small spaces)
Duplex data transfer (Interactive
processing) E E E

Data configuration at initiation of

communications (Registration of ID E E E
profiles, etc)
 Red Tacton Devices
NTT has made two types of devices:
PC card type Box type

Communication speed: 10 Mbps Communication speed: 10Mbp

Protocols: TCP/IP
Communication method: Half-duplex Protocol: TCP/IP
interface: PCMCIA
 Conclusion

• Red Tactor is an exciting new technology

for human area networking.

• NTT plans to develop transceivers with an emphasis on

portability that are more compact and less power
consuming.
THE END

thank you.