Title :
Real-time channel model selection for body centric communications using windowed received signal strength measurements
Author :
McKernan, Adrian ; Cotton, Simon L.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron., Commun. & Inf. Technol., Queen´s Univ. Belfast, Belfast, UK
Abstract :
This paper investigates the potential for using the windowed variance of the received signal strength to select from a set of predetermined channel models for a wireless ranging or localization system. An 868 MHz based measurement system was used to characterize the received signal strength (RSS) of the off-body link formed between two wireless nodes attached to either side of a human thorax and six base stations situated in the local surroundings.
Keywords :
wireless channels; base stations; body centric communications; frequency 868 MHz; human thorax; local surroundings; off-body link; predetermined channel models; real-time channel model selection; windowed received signal strength measurements; windowed variance; wireless localization system; wireless nodes; wireless ranging; Antennas; Base stations; Channel models; Cotton; Real-time systems; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Model selection; localisation; off-body communication;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
