Title :
Numerical and experimental analysis of the on-body propagation channel at W band
Author :
Pellegrini, A. ; Brizzi, A. ; Zhang, L. ; Hao, Y.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queen Mary, Univ. of London, London, UK
Abstract :
This paper presents an investigation of the electromagnetic propagation around the human body at 94GHz. The characterization of the communication channel for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN) is provided in terms of path loss by considering different receiver and transmitter positions. The analysis includes both measurements and numerical simulations, showing reasonable agreement between the two set of results.
Keywords :
body area networks; electromagnetic wave propagation; numerical analysis; radio receivers; radio transmitters; W band; communication channel; electromagnetic propagation; frequency 94 GHz; human body; numerical simulations; on-body propagation channel; receiver position; transmitter position; wireless body area networks; Antenna measurements; Interpolation; Loss measurement; Numerical models; Propagation losses; Receivers; Transmitters; BAN; UTD; W band; millimeter wave; on-body; path loss; ray tracing;
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.2012.6206635
