Title : 
Time-variant BAN channel characterization
         
        
            Author : 
D´Errico, Raffaele ; Ouvry, Laurent
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
LETI, CEA, Grenoble, France
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper we present a time-variant on-body channel measurement campaign at 2.45 GHz and in the 3-5GHz band. Measurements were performed in an anechoic chamber and an indoor scenario. Three different human body movements for seven human subjects were considered to assess the influence of human activity on the channel behavior. To this aim, an analysis on mean channel gain, slow fading and shadowing correlation is presented with emphasis on the differences given by the human body variability and the movement condition.
         
        
            Keywords : 
anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); body area networks; anechoic chamber; body area networks; frequency 2.45 GHz; frequency 3 GHz to 5 GHz; human body movements; indoor scenario; mean channel gain; onbody channel measurement campaign; shadowing correlation; slow fading; time-variant BAN channel characterization; Anechoic chambers; Antenna measurements; Body sensor networks; Fading; Humans; Legged locomotion; Performance evaluation; Pulse amplifiers; Testing; Time measurement;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2009 IEEE 20th International Symposium on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Tokyo
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-5122-7
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-5123-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/PIMRC.2009.5449948