Title :
Smart blanket: Flexible and easy to couple waveguide
Author :
Eom, K. ; Arai, H.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Phys., Electr. & Comput. Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
This paper presents a novel concept data collecting device for body-centric wireless communications, smart robe or blanket. It couples to sensor units on human body wirelessly by just putting on the human body. It is consisting of textile-based free access mat. The free access mat is a thin sheet-shaped waveguide which wireless devices can couple to at an arbitrary position on it. We investigate the transmission characteristics depending on materials, folding or bending, the presence of the human body.
Keywords :
body area networks; body sensor networks; waveguides; body-centric wireless communications; concept data collecting device; sensor units; sheet-shaped waveguide; smart blanket; smart robe; textile-based free access mat; transmission characteristics; wireless devices; Antenna measurements; Conductivity; Loss measurement; Propagation losses; Resonant frequency; Transmitting antennas; Wireless communication; body-centric communication; free access mat; sheet-like waveguide; wearable device;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Wireless Technologies, Networks, and Sensing Systems (BioWireleSS), 2011 IEEE Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8316-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8317-4
DOI :
10.1109/BIOWIRELESS.2011.5724343
