Title :
Effects of using a low-cost COTS antenna in close proximity to the body
Author :
Waddoup, W. Dave ; Alomainy, Akram ; Hao, Yang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queen Mary Univ. of London, London, UK
Abstract :
The viability of using typical low-cost, highly compact Commercial Off The Shelf antennas for wireless-equipped on-body sensors has been investigated for use in Telecare applications. Doing so, has identified two unanticipated effects: that the effect of the body in close proximity to the on-body antenna almost completely depolarises it, and also that it substantially reduces the mutual coupling between a pair of such closely spaced on-body antennas. The implications of these effects on the overall system performance are outlined.
Keywords :
antennas; body area networks; body sensor networks; low-cost COTS antenna; on-body antenna; wireless-equipped on-body sensors; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Gain measurement; Microwave measurements; Mutual coupling; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0250-1
