B-Cratos at GeMiC 2025: Focus Session Body Area Communications

We are thrilled to announce that B-Cratos will be featured in the Focus Session “Body Area Communications: Recent Advancements and Experimental Results” at the German Microwave Conference 2025 (GeMiC 2025) in Dresden.

About GeMiC 2025

The 16th German Microwave Conference (GeMiC) will take place from March 17 to 19, 2025, in Dresden, Germany. This prestigious event will bring together experts from academia and industry to discuss the latest advancements in microwave and wireless communication technologies.

This year, a special Focus Session on Body Area Communications will be chaired by Robin Augustin (Uppsala University). The session will highlight key results from the B-Cratos project, showcasing the latest innovations in body-machine communication.

Session Abstract: Body Area Communications (BAC) encompasses advanced technologies enabling seamless interaction between devices in or on the human body, such as wearables and implants. These systems leverage wireless power transfer and innovative techniques like backscatter communication to optimize energy efficiency. Emerging methods, such as fat intra-body communication, exploit human tissue properties to enhance signal transmission.

BAC supports two-way communication for stimulation and sensing, allowing applications in health monitoring, therapeutic interventions, and augmented human capabilities. Experimental platforms have demonstrated promising results, paving the way for more reliable, efficient, and integrated body-area networks. These advancements represent a significant leap in merging human physiology with cutting-edge wireless technologies. The session will feature results, among others, from the ongoing Horizon Europe Pathfinder Open Project B‑cratos (Modern BCI — B‑Cratos).

The list of the session presentations:

08:30 – “Assessing Cardiac Dynamics through Intracardiac RF Sensing for Hemodynamic Monitoring in Pacemakers”
Ali Khaleghi et al. (NTNU, Norway)

08:50 – “MMSE Pre-emphasis Incorporating Spatial Diversity for Wideband Implant Communications”
Lijia Liu et al. (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)

09:10 – “Harmonic Backscattering and Wireless Power Transfer for Deep In-Body Implantable Wireless Sensors: A Novel Approach”
Aminolah Hasanvand et al. (NTNU, Norway)

09:30 – “From Microwave Measurement to Application: Enhancement of Fat-Intrabody Communication by Advanced Computational Techniques”
Robin Augustine et al. (Uppsala University, Sweden)

09:50 – “Healthcare Based on Near Field Inter-body Coupling Communication: Modeling and Analysis of Characteristics”
Yong Song et al. (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)

For more details, you can read the abstracts here