Ultra WideBand Channel Characteristics for Body Area Network

Author

Jeong-Wook Kim ; YoungJoon Kim ; Seong-Cheol Kim

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Seoul Nat. Univ., Seoul, South Korea

fYear

2014

fDate

18-21 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Body area network considering the external areas of human body is a promising new application. In order to develop efficient body area network system, a communication channel modeling is essential. However, there are few models considering the effect of human body. This paper reports the empirical Ultra wideband(UWB) channel model for body area network. Using the frequency domain measurement system, channel responses in anechoic chamber have been obtained. From the measurement results, the path loss property has been configured to the propagation environments. Furthermore the frequency dependent UWB channel correlation characteristics are investigated.

Keywords

anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); body area networks; frequency-domain analysis; ultra wideband communication; anechoic chamber; body area network; channel responses; communication channel modeling; empirical UWB channel model; frequency domain measurement system; human body; path loss property; propagation environments; ultra wideband channel characteristics; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Correlation; Correlation coefficient; Frequency-domain analysis; Loss measurement; Wrist;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 2014 IEEE 79th

Conference_Location

Seoul

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTCSpring.2014.7023134

Filename

7023134