-: Presented by:-

P.PRAVEEN KUMAR, K.VINOD KUMAR,

III B.TECH, CSE. III B.TECH, CSE.
[email protected] [email protected]
 ABSTRACT
Technology is making many things easier. I can say that our concept depicts as an
outstanding example for that. So far we have seen LAN (LOCAL AREA NETWORK), MAN
(METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK), WAN (WIDE AREA NETWORK), INTERNET
and many more but here is a new concept of “REDTACTON” which makes the human body
as a communication network by name HAN (HUMAN AREA NEWORK).
NTT lab from Japan is currently working for commercializing this revolutionary
technology. REDTACTON is a new human area networking technology that uses the surface
of the human body as a safe, high-speed network transmission path. Instead of relying on
electromagnetic waves or light waves to carry data, REDTACTON uses the minute electric
field generated by human body as medium for transmitting data. The chips will be embedded
in various devices which contain transmitter and receiver built to send and accept data in
digital format.
Generally a question arises in everyone’s mind that why bother with RedTacton when
Bluetooth can already do the job wirelessly? With Bluetooth, it is difficult to rein in the
signal and restrict it to the device you are trying to connect to. You usually want to
communicate with one particular thing, but in a busy place there could be hundreds of
Bluetooth devices within range.
In this paper we will discuss about REDTACTON and its working states and
applications of REDTACTON in various fields and we will compare our REDTACTON with
the other technology for data transmission.

INDEX
1. ABOUT HUMAN AREA NETWORKS
2. BACKGROUND OF REDTACTON
3. INTRODUCTION OF REDTACTON
4. HOW IT WORKS?
5. MECHANISM OFCOMM WITH REDTACTON
FUNCTIONAL FEATURES:
1. TOUCH
2. BROADBAND AND INTERACTIVE
3. ANY MEDIA……..
APPLICATIONS:
1. ONE TO ONE SERVICES
2. INTUITIVE OPERATION
3. PERSONALISATION
4. NEW BEHAVIUOR PATTERNS
5. SECURITY APPL...
6. COMM IN NEW DOMAINS…

About Human Area Networks (HAN):

In addition to the WANs (Internet) and LANs, there are applications best served by
Human Area Networks (HANs) that connect the last meter. Human society is entering an era
of ubiquitous computing, where everything is networked. By making Human Area Networks
feasible, RedTacton will enable ubiquitous services based on human-centered interactions
and therefore more intimate and easier for people to use

BACKGROUND OF REDTACTON:
Human society is entering an era of ubiquitous computing, when networks are seamlessly
interconnected and information is always accessible at our fingertips. The practical
implementation of ubiquitous services requires three levels of connectivity: Wide Area
Networks (WAN), typically via the Internet, to remotely connect all types of severs and
terminals; Local Area Networks (LAN), typically via Ethernet or WiFi connectivity among
all the information and communication appliances in offices and homes; and Human Area
Networks (HAN) for connectivity to personal information, media and communication
appliances within the much smaller sphere of ordinary daily activities--the last one meter.
NTT's RedTacton is a break-through technology that, for the first time, enables reliable high-
speed HAN. In the past, Bluetooth, infrared communications (IrDA), radio frequency ID
systems (RFID), and other technologies have been proposed to solve the "last meter"
connectivity problem. However, they each have various fundamental technical limitations
that constrain their usage, such as the precipitous fall-off in transmission speed in multi-user
environments producing network congestion
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) is pursuing
research and development of an innovative Human Area Networking technology called
RedTacton that safely turns the surface of the human body into a data transmission path at
speeds up to 10 Mbps between any two points on the body. Using a novel Electro-optic
sensor, NTT has already developed a small PCMCIA card-sized prototype RedTacton
transceiver. RedTacton enables the first practical Human Area Network between body-
centered electronic devices and PCs or other network devices embedded in the environment
via a new generation of user interface based on totally natural human actions such as
touching, holding, sitting, walking, or stepping on a particular spot. RedTacton can be used
for intuitive operation of computer-based systems in daily life, temporary one-to-one private
networks based on personal handshaking, device personalization, security, and a host of other
applications based on new behavior patterns enabled by RedTacton. NTT is committed to
moving RedTacton out of the laboratory and into commercial production.
INTRODUCTION ABOUT REDTACTON: RedTacton involves initiating communication
with a touch that could result in a wide range of actions in response. So, NTT combined
touch and action to coin the term Tacton, and then added the word Red ‘a warm color’ to
emphasize warm and cordial communications, creating the name RedTacton.
A transmission path is formed at the moment a part of the human body comes in
contact with a RedTacton transceiver. Physically separating ends the contact and thus ends
communication. Using RedTacton, communication starts when terminals carried by the user
or embedded in devices are linked in various combinations according to the user's natural,
physical movements. Communication is possible using any body surfaces, such as the hands,
fingers, arms, feet, face, legs or torso. RedTacton works through shoes and clothing as well.

WORKING OF REDTACTON: Using a new super-sensitive photonic electric field

sensor, RedTacton can achieve duplex communication over the human body at a
maximum speed of 10 Mbps.
1. RedTacton transmitter induces a weak electric field on the surface of the body.
2. RedTacton receiver senses changes in weak electric field on the surface of body caused
by transmitter.
3. RedTacton relies upon the principle that the optical properties of an electro-optic
crystal can vary according to the changes of a weak electric field.
4. RedTacton detects changes in the optical properties of an electro-optic crystal using a
laser and converts the result to an electrical signal in an optical receiver circuit.
Mechanism of communication with RedTacton:
The transmitter sends data by inducing fluctuations in the minute electric field on the surface
of the human body. Data is received using a photonic electric field sensor that combines
an electro-optic crystal and a laser light to detect fluctuations in the minute electric field.
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The naturally occurring electric field induced on the surface of the human body dissipates
into the earth. Therefore, this electric field is exceptionally faint and unstable. The photonic
electric field sensor developed by NTT enables weak electric fields to be measured by
detecting changes in the optical properties of an electro-optic crystal with a laser beam
FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF REDTACTON
Touch: “Communication with just touch or a step!”
-Touching, gripping, sitting,
walking, stepping and other human
movements can be the triggers for
unlocking or locking, starting or
stopping equipment, or obtaining
data.

Broadband &
Interactive:-Bandwidth doe
not deteriorate even with duplex operation and simultaneous access by many users! 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

Any media: Works with many transmission media Common in human life. In
addition to the human body, various conductors & dielectrics can be used as transmission
media. They may also be used in combination.
APPLICATIONS OF RED TACTON:
One-to-one services: Enable one-to-one services tailored to the user's situation
and tastes. Attribute information recorded in the RedTacton device is sent to the touched
objects. The appropriate service is provided based on the attribute information received by
the RedTacton receiver.
Elimination of human error: RedTacton devices embedded medicine
bottles transmit information on the medicines' attributes. If the user touches the wrong
medicine, an alarm will trigger on the terminal he is carrying. The alarm sounds only if the
user actually touches the medicine bottle, reducing false alarms common with passive
wireless ID tags, which can trigger simply by proximity . An alarm sounds automatically to
avoid accidental medicine ingestion.
-Alert and contact record at medical, long-term care, and childcare facilities.
-Avoidance of risk at construction sites (an alarm sounds if special equipment is handled by
anyone other than supervisors)

Marketing applications Touch advertising and

receive information:
• When a consumer stands in front of an advertising panel, advertising and
information matching his or her attributes is automatically displayed. By touching or standing
in front of items they are interested in, consumers can get more in-depth information.
• Brochures only of products of interest to the visitor can be downloaded
automatically at trade shows.
• Inside a shop, shoppers can view related information on their mobile terminals
immediately after touching a product.
• Natural movements and actions are the trigger. There's no "operation" any
more. Just intuitive human interaction.
 • RedTacton transceivers embedded in two terminals can communicate not only
data but also the control or configuration instructions needed to operate devices.
• Cable connections are eliminated. The body itself is used as transmission
medium.

Intuitive operation: “Touch a printer to print”

Print out where you want just by touching the desired printer with one hand and a PC or
digital camera with the other hand to make the link.
Complicated configurations are reduced by
downloading device drivers "at first touch".
-Display notebook PC screen on projectors with
just a touch
- Transfer songs to portable music players from
notebook PCs with just a touch.
Instanteous private network
via personal handshake:
-By shaking hands, personal profile data can be
exchanged between mobile terminals on the users.
(Electronic exchange of business cards)
-Communication can be kept private using
authentication and encryption technologies.
-Group photos taken with digital cameras are instantly
transferred to individual's mobile terminal.

Personalization of mobile phones & automobiles:

-Get your own number just by touching

the phone your own phone number is allocated
and billing commences. Automatic importing of
personal address book and call history.
-The PC is configured to the user's
specifications simply by touching the mouse.
 -Room temperature and lighting are customized when a switch in the living room is
pressed.
-Just sitting in the seat triggers the car to load all its presets, just the way you like.
-The seat position and steering wheel height adjust to match the driver just by sitting
in the car.
-The driver's home is set as the destination in the car navigation system.
Conferencing system:
-Connect to the network just by putting a notebook
PC on the table
-An electrically conductive sheet is embedded in the
table.
-Network connection is initiated simply by
placing a lap-top on the table.
-Using different sheet patterns enables segmentation of
table into subnets.
-Walls and partitions can be used as communication media, eliminating construction to install
electrical wiring.

User verification and lock management at

entrances:
-User verification and unlocking with just
a touch
-Carrying a mobile RedTacton-capable device in
one's pocket, ID is verified and the door unlocked
when the user holds the doorknob normally.
-Secure lock administration is possible by
combining personal verification tools such as fingerprint ID or other biometric in mobile
terminal.
-Automated car door lock/unlock just by touching the handle; unlocking a bicycle just
by sitting on it.

Confidential document
management:
-Automatic access log for confidential document storage.
-A RedTacton receiver in a cabinet where important documents are stored enables lock
administration and keeps a record of who accessed documents at what time.
-Seat reservation management by verifying that the right person is in the right seat
-Log and verification of the person who touched the terminal.

Communications in new domains:

-Potential for use as communication method with devices inside the human body
-Potential for use as communication method in outers pace and under water

Plans for commercialization:

-NTT plans to search for promising usage that has the potential to lead to the
commercialization of the various functionalities of the RedTacton.
-NTT is searching for applications requiring the communication capabilities of
RedTacton but which cannot be well-served using conventional wired or wireless LAN or
even wireless ID tags.
For example:
- Medical and commercial applications where RedTacton can provide high value-
added communications.
- Environments already using shared platforms for multiple applications or user
groups, where RedTacton can support many applications all leveraging the shared platform.
- Environments already using industry-wide common interfaces that can be made
interoperable with RedTacton, rather than developing custom interfaces for custom
applications.

References:
www.redtacton.org
www.nttjapan.org
www.techinnovations.com