Title :
Propagation along a human body surface in WBAN: Remarks of desirable antenna characteristics
Author :
Berg, Markus ; Tuovinen, Tommi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. Eng., Univ. of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Abstract :
High on-body channel path gain and the low radio frequency power consumption of a sensor node are of increasing interest for body area network applications. The present paper investigates the desired characteristics of an efficient antenna for such networks and on-body propagation along various body surface phantoms.
Keywords :
body area networks; body sensor networks; phantoms; planar antennas; power consumption; WBAN; antenna; body area network applications; body surface phantoms; high on-body channel path gain; human body surface propagation; low radio frequency power consumption; on-body propagation; sensor node; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Gain; Phantoms; Surface waves; body surface waves; on-body antenna; polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare (Mobihealth), 2014 EAI 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
DOI :
10.1109/MOBIHEALTH.2014.7015976
