WBAN Off-Body channel angular structure comparison between SAGE estimation and ray tracing simulation

Author

Amiot, Nicolas ; Mhedhbi, Meriem ; Uguen, Bernard ; DErrico, Raffaele

Author_Institution

IETR, Univ. of Rennes 1, Rennes, France

fYear

2015

fDate

13-17 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper, we present a comparison between Off-Body channel characteristics estimated with Space-Alternating Generalized Expectation-Maximization (SAGE) algorithm from measurement data and those obtained from ray-tracing simulated data. Measurement data were obtained considering a body-worn antenna on a phantom and an external one simulating an access point. The chosen simulation approach takes into account the influence of the body directly into the antenna radiation pattern, and not by including a dedicated body representation into the simulated environment. This simplified approach provides a good agreement between simulation and measurement in terms of received power and Angle of Arrival retrieval.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; body area networks; direction-of-arrival estimation; expectation-maximisation algorithm; ray tracing; wireless channels; SAGE algorithm; SAGE estimation; WBAN off body channel angular structure comparison; access point; angle of arrival retrieval; body worn antenna; ray tracing simulated data; ray tracing simulation; space alternating generalized expectation maximization; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Body area networks; Motion measurement; Receiving antennas; Wireless communication; Body Area Networks; Channel model; Direction-of-Arrival; Multipath Channels; Path Loss; Ray tracing; SAGE;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

Filename

7228722