Title :
Footwear-centric body area network with directional UWB antenna
Author :
Gaetano, Domenico ; Sipal, Vit ; McEvoy, Patrick ; Ammann, M.J. ; Brannigan, C. ; Keating, L. ; Horgan, F.
Author_Institution :
Antenna & High Freq. Res. Centre, Dublin Inst. of Technol., Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
A footwear-centric body area network employing a directional antenna is compared with waist-centric systems using omnidirectional and directional antennas. The effect of body movements on path gain is analysed for two bands at 3.99 and 7.99 GHz. The path gain and data rate results demonstrate that footwear-centric configurations are equivalent to or better than waist-centric body area networks.
Keywords :
body area networks; directive antennas; ultra wideband antennas; body movements; directional UWB antenna; footwear-centric configurations; frequency 3.99 GHz; frequency 7.99 GHz; omnidirectional antennas; path gain; waist-centric body area networks;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2013.1596
