UWB propagation channel measurements for WPAN scenarios

Author

Vorobyov, A.V. ; Yarovoy, A.G. ; Aubry, P. ; Ligthart, L.P.

Author_Institution

Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft

fYear

2007

fDate

8-10 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

221

Lastpage

224

Abstract

In this paper, we perform UWB propagation channel measurements for scenarios when transmit antenna is located on a human body. Measurements were done for different antenna locations: on a head, on a torso, on a belt. For reference purposes we measured signal propagation when the transmit antenna was in free space. We investigated influence of a human body at the link budget for a different frequencies and antenna polarizations. The minimal blockage was found for the antenna located on a head. For a vertically polarized antenna located on a torso or on a belt the signal blockage in backwards and sideward directions is smaller then for horizontally polarized antenna.

Keywords

personal area networks; radiowave propagation; transmitting antennas; ultra wideband antennas; wireless channels; UWB signal propagation channel measurements; WPAN scenarios; horizontally polarized antenna; human body influence; minimal blockage; signal blockage; transmit antenna location; vertically polarized antenna; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Belts; Directive antennas; Humans; Performance evaluation; Polarization; Torso; Transmitting antennas; Ultra wideband antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Technologies, 2007 European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-2-87487-003-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECWT.2007.4403986

Filename

4403986