Antennas and propagation for on-body communication systems

PS Hall, Y Hao, YI Nechayev… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
On-body communication channels are of increasing interest for a number of applications,
such as medical-sensor networks, emergency-service workers, and personal …

Statistical analysis and performance evaluation for on-body radio propagation with microstrip patch antennas

A Alomainy, Y Hao, A Owadally… - … on Antennas and …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
On-body propagation channel measurements using two microstrip patch antennas for
various links are presented and statistically analyzed. The attenuation attributed to factors …

Comparison between two different antennas for UWB on-body propagation measurements

A Alomainy, Y Hao, CG Parini… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The effect of two different antenna types on radio propagation in ultrawideband (UWB) on-
body channel measurement are analyzed. Statistical path loss parameters and time domain …

UWB on-body radio propagation and system modelling for wireless body-centric networks

A Alomainy, Y Hao, X Hu, CG Parini, PS Hall - IEE Proceedings …, 2006 - IET
Given the trend towards a user-centric concept in mobile communications, body area
networks have received increasing attention within the wireless personal area community …

Dual-band wearable metallic button antennas and transmission in body area networks

B Sanz-Izquierdo, JA Miller, JC Batchelor… - IET microwaves, antennas …, 2010 - IET
A dual-band metallic antenna with the appearance of a button on a pair of jeans for use with
wearable computer networks, emergency rescue scenarios and future wireless medical …

Measurements and statistical analysis of on-body channel fading at 2.45 GHz

ZH Hu, YI Nechayev, PS Hall… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fading of an on-body transmission channel at 2.45 GHz is investigated. For the first time
a large amount of data has been gathered in practical environments, for realistic activities …

Antennas and propagation for body centric wireless communications

Y Hao, A Alomainy, PS Hall… - IEEE/ACES …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, on-body propagation modelling has been investigated applying various
numerical computational techniques. Propagation measurements with body-worn antennas …

Performance of antennas in the on-body environment

MR Kamarudin, YI Nechayev… - 2005 IEEE Antennas and …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the performance of antenna combinations for on body communications.
Several different antennas have been designed and built such as monopole antennas …

On-body path gain variations with changing body posture and antenna position

YI Nechayev, PS Hall, CC Constantinou… - 2005 IEEE antennas …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Variability of an on-body transmission channel at 2.45 GHz is investigated. The propagation
path gain was measured for a number of antenna positions and at a number of static human …

BAN radio link characterization using an arm-swinging dynamic phantom replicating human walking motion

N Yamamoto, N Shirakata, D Kobayashi… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a newly developed arm-swinging dynamic phantom that can simulate
human walking and running motions. The arm-swinging phantom has unique features, in …