Title :
On-body radio channel performance of a small printed quasi-self-complementary ultra wideband antenna
Author :
Khan, M.M. ; Rahman, Md Arifur ; Alomainy, Akram ; Parini, Clive
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queen Mary Univ. of London London, London, UK
Abstract :
The on-body radio channel performance of a small printed quasi-self-complementary ultra wideband (UWB) antenna is investigated in this paper. Measurement campaigns are performed in the chamber and in an indoor environment. The path loss was modeled as a function of distance for 34 different receiver locations for propagation along the front part of the body. A reduction of 16.34% path loss exponent is noticed in case of indoor environment as compared to anechoic chamber. In addition, the path loss has been characterized for eight different on-body radio channels. The proposed antenna shows very good on-body radio channel performance.
Keywords :
anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); microstrip antennas; radio receivers; ultra wideband antennas; wireless channels; anechoic chamber; body radio channels; on-body radio channel performance; path loss; receiver locations; small printed quasi-self-complementary ultra wideband antenna; Antenna measurements; Indoor environments; Loss measurement; Ultra wideband antennas; Wireless communication; Ultra wideband (UWB); body-centric wireless communications; on-body radio chnnel; path loss; small self-complementary antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dhaka
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2463-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICAEE.2013.6750356
