Title :
Antennas and interaction with the body for body-centric wireless communications at millimeter-waves
Author :
Chahat, Nacer ; Leduc, Caroline ; Zhadobov, Maxim ; Sauleau, Ronan
Author_Institution :
Inst. d´Electron. et de Telecommun. de Rennes, Univ. de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
Abstract :
This paper briefly reviews recent progress in antenna, propagation, and dosimetry studies for body-centric wireless communications at 60 GHz. First, a millimeter-wave tissue-equivalent phantom useful for antenna measurement, on-body channel characterization, and measurement of power absorption in the skin is introduced. Then, an accurate SAR measurement technique is discussed. Finally, the effect of the human body proximity on performances of off- and on-body antennas is investigated.
Keywords :
body area networks; millimetre wave antennas; radio networks; synthetic aperture radar; SAR measurement technique; antenna measurement; antenna progress; body centric wireless communications; dosimetry studies; frequency 60 GHz; millimeter wave tissue equivalent phantom; millimeter waves; onbody channel characterization; power absorption; propagation progress; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Biomedical optical imaging; Heating; Indexes; Phantoms; Power measurement; BAN; SAR measurements; millimeter waves; on-body antennas; phantom; textile antennas; wearable antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gothenburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2187-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-88-907018-1-8
