Title :
Effect of environmental multipath on line of sight body to body communication at 2.45 GHz
Author :
Heaney, S.F. ; Scanlon, William G. ; Garcia-Palacios, Emiliano
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron., Commun. & Inf. Technol. (ECIT), Queen´s Univ. of Belfast, Belfast, UK
Abstract :
Body to body links are the most scenario dependent form of body centric communications with performance highly dependent on the users´ movements, relative positioning and the local operating environment. This paper focuses on line of sight cases which although they should be the most dependent, still have considerable variability depending on local propagation conditions. The results presented in the paper also raise important questions about the statistical characterisation of such links and the effect of different approaches to local mean averaging on fading characteristics.
Keywords :
body area networks; radio links; statistical analysis; body centric communication; body communication; body to body link; environmental multipath; fading characteristics; frequency 2.45 GHz; local mean averaging; local operating environment; relative positioning; statistical characterisation; Antennas and propagation; Body area networks; Fading; Nakagami distribution; Rician channels; Trajectory; Wireless communication; body-centric; channel; fading; propagation;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2012 Loughborough
Conference_Location :
Loughborough
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2218-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2219-5
DOI :
10.1109/LAPC.2012.6402986