A Seminar on

Human Area Networks -

RedTacton

AKASH
USN: 1DS07IS004
Contents
 Introduction
 Need
 Human Area Networks
 RedTacton (Introduction, Transciever and Working)
 Features
 Applications
 Safety system
 Comparison
 Advantages
 Drawbacks
 Future Developments
 Conclusion
Introduction
 Human Area
Network
 RedTacton
-> touch-act-on
action triggered by
touching
+
RED -> to convey the
cordiality and warmth
of interpersonal
communications
Human Area Networks

Japanese company Nippon Telegraph and

Telephone Corporation (NTT) claims to
have developed the first viable Human
Area Network (HAN) device, enabling fast
data transfer between devices using the
human body.
RedTacton
 RedTacton is a new
Human Area
Networking
technology.
 Uses the surface of
the human body as
a safe, high speed
network
transmission path.
 It uses the minute
electric field emitted
on the surface of
the human body.
 Claims to send data over the surface of skin.
 Attains a speed up to 10 Mbps --- equivalent to a fast
broadband connection.
 Uses weak electric fields on the surface of human body
instead of relying on EM waves or light waves.

 According to NTT Laboratories, our whole body is the

perfect conductor for electronic data.
 The RedTacton transmitter induces a weak electric
field on the surface of the body.
 The RedTacton receiver senses changes in the
weak electric field on the surface of the body
caused by the transmitter.
Block Diagram

Only a portion of the induced electric field is

sensed by the receiving RED TACTON device. The
remaining electric fields are dissipated to the
ground.
The RedTacton Transciever
Working of REDTACTON
FEATURES
TOUCH
Touch - Touching,
gripping, sitting,
walking, stepping and other human
movements can be the triggers for unlocking
or locking, starting or stopping equipment, or
obtaining data.
A communications path can be created with
a simple touch, automatically initiating the
flow of data between a body-centric
electronic device and a computer that is
embedded in the environment.
BROADBAND and
INTERACTIVE
 Duplex, interactive communication is possible at a
maximum speed of 10Mbps.
 Because the transmission path is on the
surface of the body, transmission speed does
not deteriorate in congested areas where many
people are communicating at the same time
 RED TACTON Wireless LAN

Communication speed can

Device drivers can be
deteriorate
downloaded instantly and
in crowded spaces due to a
executable programs can be
lack of
quickly sent
Bandwidth
ANY MEDIA
A communication
environment can be
created easily and at
low-cost by using items
close at hand, such as
desks, walls, and metal
objects. RedTacton can utilize
a wide range of
materials as a
transmission medium,
as long as the
material is conductive
and dielectric, which
includes water and
other liquids.
But there are restrictions on the length of the
conductor to be propagated, on installation locations,
and on the thickness of the dielectric to be passed
through.
APPLICATIONS

 Intuitive operation of personal

information

New Behavior
patterns
• One-to-One services

An alarm sounds
automatically to avoid
accidental medicine
ingestion.

• Device personalization
 Marketing
applications

 Security applications
SAFETY SYSTEM
 RedTacton uses the electric field that
occurs naturally on the surface of the
human body for communication.
 Transmitter and receiver electrodes
are covered with insulating films.
 Only a portion of the induced electric
field is sensed by the receiving RED
TACTON device. The remaining
electric fields are dissipated to the
ground.
COMPARISON WITH OTHER
NETWORKS
ADVANTAGE OVER
BLUETOOTH
 Body-based networking is more
secure than broadcast systems.

 Network congestion due to fall in

transmission speed in multi user
environments is avoided.
DRAWBACKS

 It has no compelling applications

that aren’t already available.
 Too costly.
 It can be useful within few
centimeters
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

 Reduction in size to be
embedded in other
communication devices
 Artificial Intelligence in
RedTacton
CONCLUSION
 We conclude that, when we compare Red Tacton
with other technology present today it can give a
better performance over others
 And we can say that to connect the network with in
short distances RedTacton is best.
 In this technology there is no problem of hackers as
our body is itself a media.
 RedTacton technology is expected to dominate
Bluetooth technology in the future. RedTacton
technology could put the use of cables to an end.
 This technology brings a new dimension of
communication which effectively links the user to
anyone he wants to communicate.
 Since it provides high speed communication, it can
provide seamless service wherever, whenever and
whoever uses it.