DocumentCode
546603
Title
Effects of using a low-cost COTS antenna in close proximity to the body
Author
Waddoup, W. Dave ; Alomainy, Akram ; Hao, Yang
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queen Mary Univ. of London, London, UK
fYear
2011
fDate
11-15 April 2011
Firstpage
3719
Lastpage
3723
Abstract
The viability of using typical low-cost, highly compact Commercial Off The Shelf antennas for wireless-equipped on-body sensors has been investigated for use in Telecare applications. Doing so, has identified two unanticipated effects: that the effect of the body in close proximity to the on-body antenna almost completely depolarises it, and also that it substantially reduces the mutual coupling between a pair of such closely spaced on-body antennas. The implications of these effects on the overall system performance are outlined.
Keywords
antennas; body area networks; body sensor networks; low-cost COTS antenna; on-body antenna; wireless-equipped on-body sensors; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Gain measurement; Microwave measurements; Mutual coupling; Wireless communication;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Rome
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0250-1
Type
conf
Filename
5782376
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