Antenna Design and Channel Measurements for On-Body Communications at 60 GHz

Author

Wu, X.Y. ; Nechayev, Y. ; Hall, P.S.

Author_Institution

Electron., Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

fYear

2011

fDate

13-20 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

On-body communication is of increasing interest for a number of applications, such as medical-sensor networks, emergency-service workers, and personal communications. This paper reviews 60 GHz on-body communication and its benefits and challenges. Two novel low profile high gain, end-fire wearable antennas are then described. Measurements with an experimental phantom and real human body are presented. Results show antennas achieve good performance close to a phantom. Shadowing effects and polarisation issues for on-body communications at 60 GHz are discussed.

Keywords

biomedical communication; biomedical measurement; electromagnetic wave polarisation; millimetre wave antennas; phantoms; wearable antennas; wireless channels; antenna design; channel measurements; end-fire wearable antennas; frequency 60 GHz; low profile high gain antennas; on-body communications; phantom; polarisation issues; shadowing effects; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Phantoms; Substrates;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5117-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6123717

Filename

6123717