From: Energy consumption analysis of modulation schemes in IEEE 802.15.6-based wireless body area networks
 | BER | 10−3 | 10−4 | 10−5 | ||||||
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Channel | Modulation | SNR | SNR | Coding | SNR | SNR | Coding | SNR | SNR | Coding |
model | Â | uncoded | coded | gain | uncoded | coded | gain | uncoded | coded | gain |
 | BPSK | 20.7 | 16.5 | 4.2 | 24.2 | 18.6 | 5.6 | 27.55 | 20.29 | 7.26 |
On-body | DBPSK | 21.7 | 18.96 | 2.74 | 25.5 | 21.7 | 3.8 | 27.76 | 23.54 | 4.22 |
NLOS | DQPSK | 21.95 | 19.05 | 2.90 | 25.65 | 21.71 | 3.94 | 28.6 | 24.2 | 4.4 |
 | D8PSK | 26.68 | 23.4 | 3.28 | 30.25 | 26.1 | 4.15 | 33.2 | 28 | 5.2 |
 | BPSK | 24.25 | 19.7 | 4.55 | 27.7 | 22.25 | 5.45 | 32 | 23.95 | 8.05 |
On-body | DBPSK | 25.6 | 22.665 | 2.935 | 30.0 | 25.58 | 4.42 | 33.1 | 28.5 | 4.6 |
LOS | DQPSK | 26.3 | 22.9 | 3.4 | 30.27 | 26.6 | 4.47 | 33.70 | 29.05 | 4.65 |
 | D8PSK | 30.27 | 26.8 | 3.47 | 34.45 | 29.9 | 4.55 | 38.9 | 33.19 | 5.71 |
 | BPSK | 26.6 | 21.8 | 4.8 | 31.35 | 24.4 | 6.95 | 36.15 | 27.25 | 8.9 |
 | DBPSK | 28.28 | 24.70 | 3.58 | 33.62 | 28.3 | 5.32 | 37.3 | 29.11 | 5.49 |
In-body | DQPSK | 29.5 | 25.55 | 3.95 | 34 | 28.5 | 5.5 | 37.9 | 32.27 | 5.63 |
 | D8PSK | 33.24 | 29.1 | 4.14 | 38.3 | 32.65 | 5.65 | 43.25 | 36.9 | 6.35 |