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Improvement of wireless transmission system performance for EEG signals based on development of scalar quantization


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Fig. 1

Examples of captured EEG distribution.
Examples of captured EEG distribution.

Fig. 2

Simple model of the quantization process.
Simple model of the quantization process.

Fig. 3

Simple model of dequantization process.
Simple model of dequantization process.

Fig. 4

Position of electrode placements for bipolar EEG recording.
Position of electrode placements for bipolar EEG recording.

Fig. 5

Histograms of EEG samples captured by channel 1.
Histograms of EEG samples captured by channel 1.

Fig. 6

Histograms of EEG sample captured by channel 2.
Histograms of EEG sample captured by channel 2.

Fig. 7

Histograms of EEG sample captured by channel 3.
Histograms of EEG sample captured by channel 3.

Fig. 8

Histograms of EEG sample captured by channel 4.
Histograms of EEG sample captured by channel 4.

Fig. 9

Block diagram of the simulated transceiver.
Block diagram of the simulated transceiver.

Fig. 10

The achieved BER for received SNR in (-2dB, 2dB) intervals in different iterations.
The achieved BER for received SNR in (-2dB, 2dB) intervals in different iterations.

Fig. 11

The transmission range for λ = 1 meter.
The transmission range for λ = 1 meter.

The comparison among calculated MSQE of proposed methods and uniform quantizer.

Bits per sampleUniform Quantizer (MSQE)BGAI Quantizer MSQEBUAI Quantizer MSQE
5-104.29 dB-109.86 dB-118.64 dB
6-110.44 dB-118.26 dB-124.98 dB
7-116.61 dB-125.68 dB-131.14 dB
8-122.62 dB-131.69 dB-137.21 dB
9-128.65 dB-136.39 dB-143.28 dB
10-134.66 dB-142.84 dB-149.28 dB
11-140.72 dB-149.19 dB-155.24 dB
12-146.70 dB-155.67 dB-161.22 dB
13-152.76 dB-160.95 dB-167.27 dB
14-158.73 dB-166.65 dB-173.32 dB
15-164.78 dB-172.85 dB-179.37 dB
16-170.79 dB-185.00 dB-185.42 dB
17-176.80 dB-194.03 dB-191.47 dB
18-182.87 dB-200.19 dB-197.55 dB
19-188.90 dB-206.25 dB-203.49 dB
20-194.88 dB-212.12 dB-209.48 dB

The transmission range for different amount of λ.

Bits per sampleTransm. range λ = 0.33mTransm. range λ = 1 mTransm. range λ=2 mTransm. range λ=3 mTransm. range λ=4 m
50.95 m8.62 m34.48 m77.58 m137.92 m
61.98 m17.90 m71.6 m161.11 m286.4 m
74.04 m36.39 m145.56 m327.51 m582.24 m
88.15 m73.19 m292.76 m658.71 m1171.04 m
916.37 m147.40 m589.6 m1326.6 m2358.4 m
1031.31 m281.83 m1127.32 m2536.47 m4509.12 m

The comparison among calculated SNR of the proposed methods and a uniform quantizer.

Bits per sampleUniform Quantizer (SNR)BGAI Quantizer (SNR)BUAI Quantizer (SNR)
528.38 dB33.95 dB42.72 dB
634.52 dB42.34 dB49.06 dB
740.69 dB49.77 dB55.22 dB
846.70 dB55.77 dB61.29 dB
952.73 dB60.47 dB67.37 dB
1058.74 dB66.92 dB73.37 dB
1164.80 dB73.28 dB79.33 dB
1270.79 dB79.75 dB85.30 dB
1376.84 dB85.04 dB91.35 dB
1482.86 dB90.73 dB97.40 dB
1588.86 dB96.93 dB103.38 dB
1694.87 dB109.09 dB109.51dB
17100.88 dB118.11 dB115.56 dB
18106.95 dB124.27dB121.63 dB
19112.98 dB130.34 dB127.57 dB
20118.96 dB136.20 dB133.56 dB

The transmission range for λ = 1 meter.

Bits per sampleMinimum received SNRSNR of transmitted signalTransmission range for λ=1 m
52 dB42.72 dB8.62 m
62 dB49.06 dB17.90 m
72 dB55.22 dB36.39 m
82 dB61.29 dB73.19 m
92 dB67.37 dB147.40 m
102 dB73.37 dB281.83 m