Ultra wideband off-body radio channel characterisation and modelling for healthcare applications

• Published in: Wireless Telecommunications Symposium 2012 pp. 1 - 5
• Main Authors: Khan, M. M., Abbasi, Q. H., Alomainy, A., Yang Hao, Parini, C.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.04.2012
• Subjects: Antenna measurements; body-centric wireless communications; line of sight communication; Loss measurement; off-body radio channel; path loss; Propagation losses; Radio transmitters; received signal strength indicator (RSSI); Receiving antennas; Ultra wideband; Ultra wideband technology; wearable tags; Wireless communication

In this paper, the impact of different subject sleeping positions on the ultra wideband (UWB) off-body radio channel is experimentally investigated. Maximum of 15 dB path loss variation is noticed of a channel for different sleeping positions of the subject on the bed at the same location. Results a...