Dual-band wearable metallic button antennas and transmission in body area networks

Author

Sanz-Izquierdo, Benito ; Miller, John A. ; Batchelor, John C. ; Sobhy, M.I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Univ. of Kent, Canterbury, UK

Volume

4

Issue

2

fYear

2010

Firstpage

182

Lastpage

190

Abstract

A dual-band metallic antenna with the appearance of a button on a pair of jeans for use with wearable computer networks, emergency rescue scenarios and future wireless medical applications is presented. The design operates at 2.4 GHz WLAN and the HiperLAN/2 bands and a parametric study is given to aid the design process together with measurement and simulation of the structure on a body. A study of transmission between pairs of on-body antennas is presented to give insight into on-body propagating line of sight and non-line of sight channels. A term body gain is defined to quantify how the body attenuates the channel.

Keywords

UHF antennas; biomedical communication; body area networks; emergency services; mobile computing; multifrequency antennas; wearable antennas; wearable computers; wireless LAN; HiperLAN/2 bands; WLAN; body area networks; body gain; dual-band metallic antenna; dual-band wearable metallic button antennas; emergency rescue scenarios; frequency 2.4 GHz; on-body antennas; wearable computer networks; wireless medical applications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, IET

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1751-8725

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/iet-map.2009.0010

Filename

5403642