DocumentCode
32918
Title
Footwear-centric body area network with directional UWB antenna
Author
Gaetano, Domenico ; Sipal, Vit ; McEvoy, Patrick ; Ammann, M.J. ; Brannigan, C. ; Keating, L. ; Horgan, F.
Author_Institution
Antenna & High Freq. Res. Centre, Dublin Inst. of Technol., Dublin, Ireland
Volume
49
Issue
14
fYear
2013
fDate
July 4 2013
Firstpage
860
Lastpage
861
Abstract
A footwear-centric body area network employing a directional antenna is compared with waist-centric systems using omnidirectional and directional antennas. The effect of body movements on path gain is analysed for two bands at 3.99 and 7.99 GHz. The path gain and data rate results demonstrate that footwear-centric configurations are equivalent to or better than waist-centric body area networks.
Keywords
body area networks; directive antennas; ultra wideband antennas; body movements; directional UWB antenna; footwear-centric configurations; frequency 3.99 GHz; frequency 7.99 GHz; omnidirectional antennas; path gain; waist-centric body area networks;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el.2013.1596
Filename
6557241
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