Study of ultra wideband wireless sensors for body area networks

Author

Khan, M.M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queen Mary Univ. of London, London, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

10-12 April 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper, experimental characterisation of on-body radio channel using ultra wideband (UWB) wireless tags is presented. The performance of wearable wireless tags on the UWB on-body radio channel characterisation has been investigated. Measurement campaigns are performed in the chamber and in an indoor environment for comparison. Statistical path loss parameters of nine different on-body radio channels for static and dynamic cases are shown and analyzed. The path loss was modeled as a function of distance for 34 different receiver locations for propagation along the front part of the body.

Keywords

body area networks; radio receivers; statistical analysis; ultra wideband communication; wireless channels; UWB on-body radio channel characterisation; UWB wireless tags; body area networks; on-body radio channel; radio receiver; statistical path loss parameters; ultra wideband wireless sensors; wearable wireless tags; Antenna measurements; Indoor environments; Legged locomotion; Loss measurement; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; body-centric wireless communications; on-body radio channel; path loss; received signal strength indicator (RSSI); ultra wideband (UWB);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology (ICEEICT), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dhaka

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4820-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEEICT.2014.6919169

Filename

6919169