ETSI’s Technical Committee on Smart Body Area Networks (TC SmartBAN) is responsible for the development and maintenance of ETSI standards for SmartBAN technologies (including Wireless BAN, Personal BAN, Personal Networks) used in health, wellness, leisure, sport and other relevant domains. The Committee’s scope includes communication media, and associated physical layer, network layer, security, QoS and lawful intercept, semantics and ontology, to enable the provision of generic applications and services (e.g. web).
Definition of adequate communication protocols, comparative analysis and feasibility study of alternative short-range low-power communications standards for intrabody and in- to off-body communication (e.g. UWB, optical wireless, coupling).
System level description and requirements for different architectural layers, including physical and MAC layers, as well as a SmartBAN Coordinator proposed as gateway for connection to the 5G core networks. Due consideration is given to the privacy and trust aspects for the system.
Definition of open data model and corresponding ontology, unified data representation formats, aligned with ETSI’s SAREF ontology for IoT communications. This enables semantic interoperability for the development of generic SmartBAN applications and services.
TC SmartBAN is responsible for standardisation to support the development and implementation of Smart Body Area Network (BAN) technologies in health, wellness, leisure, sport and other relevant domains. These technologies use small, low power devices to support a range of medical, health improvement, personal safety and wellbeing, sport and leisure applications.
The Committee is developing technical standards optimised for these Body Area Network applications, defining ultra-low-power radio communication, a lower complexity Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for extended autonomy, enhanced robustness in the presence of interference, and interoperability at different levels and when communicating over heterogeneous networks in the IoT. Other key issues addressed include Quality of Service, privacy and security aspects, semantics for the provision of generic applications and services (e.g. web).
Smart Body Area Networks (SmartBAN); Unified data representation formats, semantic open data model and corresponding ontology; Associate service model/ontology/enablers extensions for SmartBAN semantic interoperability
Smart Body Area Network (SmartBAN); Brain Computer Interface (BCI)
Smart Body Area Network (SmartBAN); Relay Functionality for SmartBAN Medium Access Control (MAC)
Smart Body Area Network (SmartBAN); Hub to Hub Communication for SmartBAN Medium Access Control (MAC)
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