Title :
A subject-specific numerical study in UWB body-centric wireless communications
Author :
Sani, Andrea ; Hao, Yang ; Zhao, Yan ; Lee, Su-Lin ; Yang, Guang-Zhong
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queen Mary Univ. of London, London, UK
Abstract :
Ultra wide-band (UWB) is an appealing technology for wireless body area networks (WBANs). The paper presents the numerical analysis of the subject-specificity of the radio channel in UWB-WBANs adopting the finite difference time domain technique. The analysis has been performed in the frequency range 3–10 GHz considering nine homogeneous digital phantoms of different size and gender. A two-pole Debye model was used to model the frequency dispersion of the human body muscle tissues, and the results demonstrate that the received power in on-body links is subject-specific and associated with the body mass index of the subject.
Keywords :
Biological system modeling; Body sensor networks; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Imaging phantoms; Numerical analysis; Performance analysis; Time domain analysis; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2010 Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona, Spain
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6431-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-84-7653-472-4
