IEEE P802.15.6

Revision Standard - Active - Draft.
Short-range, wireless communications in the vicinity of, or inside, a human body (but not limited to humans) are specified in this standard. It uses existing industrial scientific medical (ISM) bands as well as frequency bands approved by national medical and/or regulatory authorities. Support for quality o service (QoS), extremely low power, and data rates up to 50 Mbps is required while simultaneously complying with strict non-interference guidelines where needed. This standard considers effect ts on portable antennas due to the presence of a person (varying with male, female, skinny, heavy, etc.), radiation pattern shaping to minimize the specific absorption rate (SAR) into the body, and changes in characteristics as a result of the user motions.

The standard defines short-range, wireless communication in the vicinity of, or inside, an environment such as a human body, vehicle body or both, using the Ultra-Wideband (UWB) and narrow-band physical layer (PHY) and medium access control (MAC) to support enhanced dependability in human body area networks (HBAN) in the industrial scientific medical (ISM) bands and local medical regulations. The standard supports quality of service (QoS) and data rates up to 50 Mb/s and incorporates support for vehicle body area networks (VBAN). The standard specifies the coexistence of multiple piconets, including inter-body area network (inter-BAN) interference and inter-piconets interference, simple MAC protocol, and sensing and feedback control loop delay.
To provide an international standard for short-range, low power consumption, and highly reliable wireless communication for use in proximity to, or inside, a human body and a vehicle body. Data rates satisfy a set of entertainment and healthcare services in various population segments.