Title :
Impact of channel modeling on accurate estimation of on-body channel capacity
Author :
Michalopoulou, A. ; Zervos, T. ; Peppas, K. ; Lazarakis, F. ; Alexandridis, A.A. ; Dangakis, K. ; Kaklamani, Dimitra I.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Centre for Sci. Res. Demokritos, Inst. of Inf. & Telecommun., Athens, Greece
Abstract :
This paper investigates the impact of on-body channel modeling on the accurate estimation of BAN system performance. Channel capacity is used as a measure of the on-body system performance. The actual channel capacity is calculated based on signal measurements conducted in an indoor environment. Then it is compared to the channel capacity calculated for five theoretical channel models obtained through statistical analysis of the measured data.
Keywords :
body area networks; channel capacity; channel estimation; BAN system performance; body area network system performance; channel modeling; indoor environment; on-body channel capacity accurate estimation; signal measurements; statistical analysis; Antenna measurements; Channel capacity; Estimation; Fading; Fitting; Legged locomotion; Signal to noise ratio; Body area network (BAN); channel capacity; channel modeling; on-body channel;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206189
