Table 2 Minimum SNR required for operating at three different intended uncoded bit error rate (BER) in the cases of PAM 2, QPSK and 16-QAM modulation techniques18.

From: Inter-body coupling in electro-quasistatic human body communication: theory and analysis of security and interference properties

Intended BER

Minimum SNR (dB)

PAM 2 (OOK)

QPSK

16-QAM

\(10^{-2}\)

4.3

1.2

9.6

\(10^{-3}\)

6.8

5.3

11.9

\(10^{-4}\)

8.4

7.1

13.2

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