Title :
Experimental investigation of diversity techniques for on-body communication systems
Author :
Serra, A.A. ; Nepa, P. ; Manara, G. ; Hall, P.S.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Pisa, Pisa
Abstract :
In this work, an experimental investigation of the application of a diversity scheme in on-body high-rate communication systems is presented. In these days, diversity is widely applied at base station receivers of mobile cellular systems and recent studies have been conducted on portable devices. At the best of the authors´ knowledge, no experimental or simulated analysis for diversity on on-body systems is available in the scientific literature. Diversity scheme performances are evaluated in terms of the diversity gain and all measurements have been carried out at 2.45 GHz (ISM frequency band).
Keywords :
UHF radio propagation; cellular radio; diversity reception; radio receivers; base station receivers; diversity techniques; frequency 2.45 GHz; mobile cellular systems; on-body communication systems; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Diversity methods; Indoor environments; Receiving antennas; Signal analysis; Signal generators; Transmitting antennas; Wireless LAN; Wrist;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0877-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0878-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2007.4396465
