FDTD characterisation of on-body propagation channels adopting statistically shaped subjects

Author

Ali, Khaleda ; Brizzi, Alessio ; Su-Lin Lee ; Pellegrini, Alessandro ; Guang-Zhong Yang ; Yang Hao

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queen Mary Univ. of London, London, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

3571

Lastpage

3574

Abstract

This paper presents a numerical study regarding on-body channel characteristics by adopting statistically obtained human phantoms. Ranges of these realistic models are instantiated from twenty MRI scans of real humans, with the coefficient of modes of variation related to girth and height. Path loss analysis for waist to chest has been performed at 5.8GHz to understand the impact of variability of structures on channel performance. The Parallel Finite Difference Time Domain technique has been used for the simulations.

Keywords

body area networks; finite difference time-domain analysis; FDTD characterisation; MRI scans; frequency 5.8 GHz; on-body propagation channels; parallel finite difference time domain technique; path loss analysis; wireless body area network; Analytical models; Antennas and propagation; Europe; Finite difference methods; Numerical models; Shape; Time-domain analysis; Body centric network; Finite Difference time domain technique; ISM band;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902601

Filename

6902601