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Medical Body Area Networks (MBAN)
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According to the FCC (FCC 12-54), Medical Body Area Network (MBAN) technology "will provide a flexible platform for the wireless networking of multiple body transmitters used for the purpose of measuring and recording physiological parameters and other patient information or for performing diagnostic or therapeutic functions, primarily in health care facilities. This platform will enhance patient safety, care and comfort by reducing the need to physically connect sensors to essential monitoring equipment by cables and wires...As the numbers and types of medical radio devices continue to expand, these technologies offer tremendous power to improve the state of health care in the United States."
MBANs are authorized on a secondary basis as an application of the mobile, except aeronautical mobile, service, by a new footnote US101.
The FCC's rules allow for the use of MBANs outside of healthcare facilities, but all MBAN uses in 2360-2390 MHz will require coordination by an as-yet unnamed frequency coordinator, because this segment is shared with Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry (AMT) operations.
MBANs are governed under Part 95 of the FCC's rules.
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Frequency Bands |
| Band | Use | Service11 | Table |
| 2360 - 2400 MHz | Medical Body Area Networks (MBANs) | Mobile | - |
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