Title :
BAN working frequency: A trade-off between antenna efficiency and propagation losses
Author :
Petrillo, Luca ; Mavridis, Theodoros ; Sarrazin, Julien ; Dricot, Jean-Michel ; Benlarbi-Delai, Aziz ; De Doncker, Philippe
Author_Institution :
Opera Dept., Ecole Polytech. de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
This communication addresses power issues at physical layer in Body Area Networks. Friis equation is discussed by taking into account body path loss and antenna efficiency from frequency ranging from 400 MHz to 60 GHz. Then power balance is presented for fixed antenna dimensions and varying frequency in order to establish a balance.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; body area networks; electromagnetic wave propagation; microwave antennas; millimetre wave antennas; BAN working frequency; antenna efficiency; body area networks; body path loss; power issues; propagation losses; Antennas; Equations; Gain; Monitoring; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Millimeter wave propagation; Surface waves; Wireless body sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
The Hague
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902550
