Impact of radio wave polarisation on off-body communications in indoor environments

Author

Ambroziak, Slawomir J. ; Correia, Luis M. ; Katulski, Ryszard J. ; Mackowiak, Michal

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electron., Telecommun. & Inf., Gdansk Univ. of Technol., Gdansk, Poland

fYear

2015

fDate

13-17 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

This paper describes the measurements and the analysis of the impact of radio wave polarisation on off-body communications in Body Area Networks in indoor environments. Measurements on polarisation impact are briefly described. Five investigated scenarios with different body postures and different antenna placements are characterised. The difference between the vertical and horizontal components of the received radio signal are analysed. The best results have been obtained for scenarios with a vertical polarised transmitting antenna, especially for the case when the maximum gain of the transmitting antenna is directed towards the receiving one.

Keywords

body area networks; transmitting antennas; body area networks; horizontal components; indoor environments; off-body communications; radio wave polarisation; received radio signal; vertical components; vertical polarised transmitting antenna; Antenna measurements; Directive antennas; Gain; Indoor environments; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Body Area Networks; Indoor Environments; Measurements; Radio Wave Polarisation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

Filename

7228373