Simulation and Measurement of Dynamic On-Body Communication Channels

Author

Gallo, Michele ; Hall, Peter S. ; Bai, Qiang ; Nechayev, Yuriy I. ; Constantinou, Costas C. ; Bozzetti, Michele

Author_Institution

Commun. Eng. Group, Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Volume

59

Issue

2

fYear

2011

Firstpage

623

Lastpage

630

Abstract

A study is presented of wireless on-body communication links, with the body in motion. This paper compares simulations and measurements of the path gain (PG) on moving male and female bodies. Simulations using avatars derived from an animation software have been performed at 2.45 GHz. Male and female avatars walking and a male rising from a chair have been simulated and the results are compared with measurements carried out in an anechoic chamber. The results show that good agreement between simulation and measurement of slow fading features can be achieved for a reasonable computational effort.

Keywords

avatars; body area networks; computer animation; gain measurement; telecommunication computing; anechoic chamber; animation software; avatars; dynamic on-body communication channels; frequency 2.45 GHz; moving female bodies; moving male bodies; path gain; path gain measurements; slow fading features; wireless on-body communication links; Body area networks; computer simulations; on-body propagation channel; wireless communication systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2010.2093498

Filename

5639031