DocumentCode
743725
Title
On-Body Propagation Performance With Textile Antennas at 867 MHz
Author
Hirvonen, M. ; Bohme, C. ; Severac, Daniel ; Maman, Mickael
Author_Institution
VTT (Tech. Res. Centre of Finland), Espoo, Finland
Volume
61
Issue
4
fYear
2013
fDate
4/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
2195
Lastpage
2199
Abstract
In this paper, the on-body propagation performance measured totally wirelessly with 4-mm-thick and 50×50 mm size textile monopole antennas is presented. At a relatively low operating frequency 867 MHz, with small size, low gain textile antennas mean channel gain values from - 47 to - 56 dB including the antenna performances were recorded in various on-body propagation scenarios. The majority of the recorded links could be well described with the Nakagami distribution.
Keywords
body area networks; monopole antennas; wearable antennas; Nakagami distribution; frequency 867 MHz; gain -47 dB to -56 dB; mean channel gain values; on-body propagation performance; textile monopole antennas; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Gain; Nakagami distribution; Textiles; Wireless communication; On-body propagation; textile antennas; wearable antennas; wireless body area network (WBAN);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.2012.2234713
Filename
6384676
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