Abstract: An intra-body communication network scheduler and method of operation thereof are provided. At a scheduler, network entities of an intra-body communication network are registered, which have raised interrupts to obtain the right to communicate data over the intra-body communication network. The network entities are queued at the scheduler in accordance with priorities of the network entities. The scheduler allocates the right to communicate data over the intra-body communication network during a next scheduling period to the next network entity in the queue.

Abstract: A mobile terminal comprising an address book for registering identification numbers of the persons who exchange messages with the user of the mobile terminal, a memory for storing a received text message, and a conversion engine for converting the stored message to a voice message. The mobile terminal sequentially reads the text message stored in the memory and converts the text message to the voice message using the conversion engine for output. The address book stores a voice characteristic code of the person associated with each identification number, and the conversion engine converts the text message to the voice message using the voice characteristic code. The mobile terminal thus converts a text message to a voice message having the characteristics of the voice of the person who sent the text message for subsequent output.