DocumentCode
3307019
Title
Characterization of on-body communication channels
Author
Hall, P.S. ; Ricci, M. ; Hee, T.W.
Author_Institution
Electron., Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Birmingham, UK
fYear
2002
fDate
17-19 Aug. 2002
Firstpage
770
Lastpage
772
Abstract
On-body communications and computing environments will become increasingly important in the future. To avoid the need for cables between the various parts of such distributed systems, wireless communications will be used. Efficient use of these on-body channels requires characterization and understanding of the propagation environment. The paper presents initial results and shows that significant channel loss variations can occur that are related to physiological body effects.
Keywords
telecommunication channels; channel loss; computing environment; distributed system; on-body communication channel; physiological body effect; propagation environment; wireless communication; Antenna measurements; Belts; Coaxial cables; Communication cables; Communication channels; Loss measurement; Performance evaluation; Prototypes; Time measurement; Wireless communication;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, 2002. Proceedings. ICMMT 2002. 2002 3rd International Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7486-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICMMT.2002.1187814
Filename
1187814
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