Title :
UWB propagation measurements in BAN scenarios
Author :
Lee, Joon-Yong ; Kim, ChangKyeong ; Ha, Dong-Woo ; Sangodoyin, Seun ; Dong, Ruiqing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. on Technol., Handong Univ., Pohang, South Korea
Abstract :
Ultra-wideband propagation measurement results for body area network scenarios are presented. We assumed several different scenarios for around-body and on-body propagations, and for each scenario, we conducted both time domain and frequency domain measurements in an anechoic chamber. For the around-body case, we investigated the effects of human body parts blocking line-of-sight, which could be accounted for by diffraction. On-body measurement results indicate a more complicated propagation mechanism exists in on-body propagation than in around-body propagation and antenna characteristics are affected.
Keywords :
anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); antennas; body area networks; electromagnetic wave diffraction; frequency-domain analysis; radiowave propagation; time-domain analysis; ultra wideband communication; BAN; UWB propagation measurement; anechoic chamber; antenna characteristics; around-body propagation; body area network; diffraction; frequency domain measurement; line-of-sight; on-body measurement; on-body propagation; time domain measurement; ultra-wideband propagation measurement; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Biomedical measurements; Diffraction; Distortion measurement; Frequency measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 2012 8th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Poznan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1472-6
DOI :
10.1109/CSNDSP.2012.6292776
