Surveying wearable human assistive technology for life and safety critical applications: Standards, challenges and opportunities

MM Alam, E Ben Hamida - Sensors, 2014 - mdpi.com
In this survey a new application paradigm life and safety for critical operations and missions
using wearable Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) technology is introduced. This …

Propagation models for body-area networks: A survey and new outlook

DB Smith, D Miniutti, TA Lamahewa… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article is a review of wireless body-area network (BAN) channel models, with
observations about the selection of the best channel model in terms of both first-and second …

Compact EBG-backed planar monopole for BAN wearable applications

MAB Abbasi, SS Nikolaou… - … on Antennas and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a planar monopole backed with a 2× 1 array of electromagnetic
bandgap (EBG) structures. The reflection phase of a single EBG unit cell has been studied …

A conformal ultrawideband antenna with monopole-like radiation patterns

B Mohamadzade, RBVB Simorangkir… - … on Antennas and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A simple conformal ultrawideband (UWB) antenna with monopole-like radiation patterns is
proposed in this communication. To achieve the wide bandwidth, two rings are arranged …

The internet of bodies: A systematic survey on propagation characterization and channel modeling

A Celik, KN Salama, AM Eltawil - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet of Bodies (IoBs) is an imminent extension to the vast Internet of Things domain,
where interconnected devices (eg, worn, implanted, embedded, swallowed, etc.) are located …

Design of compact single-layer textile MIMO antenna for wearable applications

H Li, S Sun, B Wang, F Wu - IEEE Transactions on Antennas …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A compact single-layer textile MIMO antenna is designed for wearable applications. The
theory of characteristic mode is used to guide the antenna design and analyze its …

Wearable Antennas for Off-Body Radio Links at VHF and UHF Bands: Challenges, the state of the art, and future trends below 1 GHz

P Nepa, H Rogier - IEEE antennas and Propagation Magazine, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An in-depth survey of wearable antennas for offbody radio links in the very high-frequency
(VHF) and ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) bands (below 1 GHz) is presented. The review …

EBG-backed flexible printed Yagi–Uda antenna for on-body communication

BS Abirami, EF Sundarsingh - IEEE transactions on antennas …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structure backed, printed Yagi-Uda antenna for on-body
communication is proposed in this communication. The proposed antenna is flexible, made …

Extremely compact EBG‐backed antenna for smartwatch applications in medical body area network

D Rano, M Hashmi - IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents design of a compact interdigital electromagnetic band gap unit cell
(IDE) for wearable applications in the medical body area network (MBAN) band. The …

Channel modeling for wireless body area networks

DB Smith, LW Hanlen - Ultra-Low-Power Short-Range Radios, 2015 - Springer
Wireless body area networks (BANs) are the latest generation of personal area networks
(PANs) and describe radio networks of sensors, and/or actuators, placed in, on, around and …