The effects of the human body on UWB signal propagation in an indoor environment

Author

Welch, Thad B. ; Musselman, Randall L. ; Emessiene, Bomono A. ; Gift, Phillip D. ; Choudhury, Daniel K. ; Cassadine, Derek N. ; Yano, Scott M.

Author_Institution

US Naval Acad., Annapolis, MD, USA

Volume

20

Issue

9

fYear

2002

fDate

12/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1778

Lastpage

1782

Abstract

Ultra-wideband (UWB) communication systems are investigated for their ability to operate in dense multipath environments. While a great deal of time and effort has been spent characterizing both the indoor and outdoor UWB channels, the effects of human body interaction with a close proximity UWB antenna remains unexplored. Measurements of a commercially available UWB antenna performance in an anechoic chamber and in various indoor multipath environments were conducted. Comparisons of these measurement results indicate that while the human body creates a deep (23.6 dB) in a light multipath environment, this is drastically reduced (6.8 dB) in a dense multipath environment.

Keywords

anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); antennas; broadband networks; indoor radio; multipath channels; radio networks; radiowave propagation; UWB antenna performance; UWB communication systems; UWB signal propagation; anechoic chamber; anechoic-chamber measurement techniques; angle-of-arrival; antenna proximity factors; auditorium; dense multipath environments; human body effects; indoor UWB channels; indoor environment; indoor multipath environments; light multipath environment; outdoor UWB channels; power pattern; radio propagation; ultra-wideband communication systems; Anechoic chambers; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Dipole antennas; Fading; Frequency measurement; Humans; Indoor environments; Radio frequency; Ultra wideband antennas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSAC.2002.805243

Filename

1097843