• DocumentCode
    1373591
  • Title

    Extraction of antenna gain from path loss model for in-body communication

  • Author

    Kurup, Divya ; Joseph, Wout ; Tanghe, Emmeric ; Vermeeren, Gunter ; Martens, Luc

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    23
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1262
  • Lastpage
    1263
  • Abstract
    Proposed for the first time is an in-body path loss model for homogeneous human muscle and head tissue that is independent of the antennas for in-body communication at 2.45 GHz. The path loss model obtained can be used to design in-body communication systems at 2.45 GHz.
  • Keywords
    UHF antennas; biomedical communication; body area networks; muscle; tissue engineering; antenna gain; frequency 2.45 GHz; head tissue; homogeneous human muscle; in-body communication; path loss model; wireless body area network;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2011.2858
  • Filename
    6077089