Personal and body area network channels between Dual Band Button Antennas

Author

Batchelor, John C. ; Swaisaenyakorn, Srijittra ; Miller, Jonathan A.

Author_Institution

Electron., Univ. of Kent, Canterbury, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

2196

Lastpage

2199

Abstract

This paper describes an assessment of space diversity for bodyworn dual band metallic button antennas. The optimal combination of locations has been assessed according to the received signal envelope, cross-correlation coefficient and diversity gain for the ISM bands at 2.45 and 5.5 GHz. Received signal envelopes were combined using the selection, maximum ratio and equal gain combining algorithms. Results are taken with both vertical and horizontal polarizations for different body positions with respect to the transmitting antenna.

Keywords

body area networks; multifrequency antennas; personal area networks; transmitting antennas; ISM bands; body area network; dual band metallic button antennas; frequency 2.45 GHz; frequency 5.5 GHz; personal area network; signal envelope; space diversity; transmitting antenna; Antenna measurements; Body area networks; Diversity methods; Diversity reception; Dual band; Humans; Polarization; Receiving antennas; Shoulder; Transmitting antennas; BANs; Body Area Networks; Body Centric Communications; Personal Area Networks PANs; diversity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2009. APMC 2009. Asia Pacific

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2801-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2802-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2009.5385341

Filename

5385341