Analysis of on-body propagation at W band by using ray tracing model and measurements

Author

Usai, Pierpaolo ; Monorchio, Agostino ; Brizzi, Alessio ; Pellegrini, Alice ; Zhang, Lianhong ; Hao, Yang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

8-14 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

The propagation between a transmitter (TX) and a receiver (RX) operating at 94 GHz, located in proximity of a human body, is investigated in this paper. The TX is positioned near the head and a line of RXs is located on the left shoulder. The high frequency method of ray tracing has been used to simulate these links. The simulated Path Loss (PL) has been compared to measured data. The agreement between simulations and measurements supports the possibility of using ray-based method to correctly predict the PL at millimeter wavelengths.

Keywords

body area networks; millimetre wave measurement; millimetre wave propagation; ray tracing; W-band; WBAN systems; frequency 94 GHz; high frequency method; millimeter wavelengths; on-body measurement system; on-body propagation analysis; ray tracing model; receiver; simulated path loss; transmitter; wireless body area network; Analytical models; Diffraction; Educational institutions; Loss measurement; Ray tracing; Receivers; Software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0461-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2012.6349080

Filename

6349080