DocumentCode :
3454178
Title :
Wearable network using Optical e-Textile Antenna for NLOS
Author :
Noh, Kyoung Ju ; Son, Yong Ki ; Kim, Bae Sun ; Cho, Il-Yeon
Author_Institution :
Wearable Comput. Res. Team, Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea
fYear :
2012
fDate :
13-16 Jan. 2012
Firstpage :
556
Lastpage :
557
Abstract :
This paper proposes an Optical e-Textile Antenna (OTA) that overcomes line of sight (LOS) limitation of IrDA-based wearable network. Because the OTA can create a routing path for the optical signal among communication devices, that allows information exchange under the NLOS (non LOS) environment between receiver and transmitter. The proposed OTA is a piece of cloth made of e-Textile, it can be easily adapted to wearable network. The OTA either absorbs the optical signal in free-space at its maximum, close to its front-side, or emits the optical signal evenly. This paper verifies the performance of bi-directional communication of the proposed OTA with the prototype system.
Keywords :
optical communication; textiles; wearable antennas; IrDA- based wearable network; NLOS; OTA; line of sight limitation; optical e-textile antenna; optical signal; wearable network; Biomedical optical imaging; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
ISSN :
2158-3994
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0230-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICCE.2012.6161971
Filename :
6161971
Link To Document :
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