An energy efficient modulation scheme for body-centric nano-communications in the THz band

Vavouris AK, Dervisi FD, Papanikolaou VK, Karagiannidis GK (2018)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2018

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Pages Range: 1-4

Conference Proceedings Title: 2018 7th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2018

Event location: Thessaloniki, GRC

ISBN: 9781538647882

DOI: 10.1109/MOCAST.2018.8376563

Abstract

In body-centric communications, energy efficiency is the most critical parameter, while the maximum achievable data rate is not of primary concern. In this paper we present a novel modulation scheme, which can be efficiently used in body-centric terahertz (THz) nanonetworks. This scheme is a combination of the time-spread On-Off keying (TS-OOK) and the pulse position modulation (PPM). The new modulation scheme presents lower energy consumption levels at a small cost to the achievable data rate. Furthermore, another important aspect is that, due to the nature of noise in THz communications, the proposed modulation is affected in a much smaller way by the noise. Finally, we present analytical and simulation results in order to compare the new scheme with TS-OOK.

Authors with CRIS profile

Vasileios Papanikolaou

Involved external institutions

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GR Greece (GR)

How to cite

APA:

Vavouris, A.K., Dervisi, F.D., Papanikolaou, V.K., & Karagiannidis, G.K. (2018). An energy efficient modulation scheme for body-centric nano-communications in the THz band. In 2018 7th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2018 (pp. 1-4). Thessaloniki, GRC: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

MLA:

Vavouris, Apostolos K., et al. "An energy efficient modulation scheme for body-centric nano-communications in the THz band." Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2018, Thessaloniki, GRC Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. 1-4.

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