Title :
Investigation of inter-user interference of wireless body area networks at 60 GHz
Author :
Wu, Xiao Y. ; Nechayev, Yuriy I. ; Constantinou, Constantinos C. ; Hall, Peter S.
Abstract :
Inter-user interference between two wireless body area networks at 60 GHz has been investigated. A series of data sets have been gathered in a laboratory environment for random realistic activities and body orientations, and have been subjected to statistical analysis. The characterization of interfering signal strength variations for several links and statistical parameters such as level crossing rate and average peak duration are presented.
Keywords :
body area networks; interference (signal); radio links; statistical analysis; frequency 60 GHz; inter-user interference; interfering signal strength variations; laboratory environment; links; random realistic activities; statistical analysis; statistical parameters; wireless body area networks; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Body area networks; Interference; Loss measurement; Power cables; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0461-0
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2012.6348845