Patent ID: 9590743
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a first device, a body area network (BAN) session initiation signal indicating an availability to establish an on-body communication with a second device; receiving, by the first device, at least one BAN acknowledgement signal from the second device; determining an elapsed time between the transmission of the BAN session initiation signal and the receipt of the at least one BAN acknowledgment signal; determining, for each received BAN acknowledgment signal, one of: wherein the predetermined threshold time indicates a period of time under which the at least one BAN signal is considered to have propagated by over-the-air transmission, and over which the at least one BAN signal is considered to have propagated by on-body conduction; and proceeding, by the first device, with BAN session initiation upon a positive determination that the elapsed time is greater than the threshold time.