Simulation and measurement of on-body wave propagation

Author

Dong Xue ; Liller, Trae ; Gamer, Brian ; Yang Li

Author_Institution

Baylor Univ., Waco, TX, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

3-4 April 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The future of wireless body area networks (WBAN) in medical applications is promising. A typical WBAN consists of wearable body sensor units (BSU) and a body control unit (BCU). The BCU can receive the signal from the BSUs and relay data regarding impending emergencies. In this paper, the wave propagation along and around the human body are studied, representing line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight, respectively. A simplified human phantom model is also simulated to validate measurements.

Keywords

biomedical telemetry; body area networks; body sensor networks; medical control systems; phantoms; telemedicine; wave propagation; BCU; BSU; WBAN application; body control unit; data relay; emergency; human phantom model; medical application; nonline-of-sight wave propagation; on-body wave propagation measurement; on-body wave propagation simulation; wearable body sensor unit; wireless body area network; Antenna measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Propagation; Receiving antennas; Torso; Transmitting antennas; Wireless body area network; body area communication; on-body propagation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems (WMCS), 2014 Texas Symposium on

Conference_Location

Waco, TX

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WMCaS.2014.7015868

Filename

7015868