Title :
On-body antennas: Towards wearable intelligence
Author :
Koski, K. ; Moradi, Elham ; Bjorninen, Toni ; Sydanheimo, Lauri ; Rahmat-Samii, Yahya ; Ukkonen, Leena
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland
Abstract :
Wearable antennas are paramount components of a new era of wireless body-centric sensing systems by extending the functionality of daily garments. Garment-integrated sensor networks within biomedicine and personal healthcare demand information about sensed or measured biological parameters to be reliably and quickly delivered over a wireless communication link for analysis purposes. The totally maintenance-free, conformal, low-cost and low-power wearable antennas have an enormous potential for fulfilling these requirements. They may be considered as a benchmark in personal healthcare domain, ultimately making concepts like telemedicine to become reality.
Keywords :
body sensor networks; clothing; conformal antennas; health care; radio links; wearable antennas; biomedicine; conformal wearable antennas; garment-integrated sensor networks; low-cost wearable antennas; low-power wearable antennas; maintenance-free wearable antennas; measured biological parameters; on-body antennas; personal healthcare domain; telemedicine; wearable intelligence; wireless body-centric sensing systems; wireless communication link; Broadband antennas; Metals; Radiofrequency identification; UHF antennas; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI
Conference_Location :
Beijing
DOI :
10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6930122
