Characterization of on-body communication channels

On-body communications and computing environments will become increasingly important in the future. To avoid the need for cables between the various parts of such distributed systems, wireless communications will be used. Efficient use of these on-body channels requires characterization and understa...

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Published in2002 3rd International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, 2002. Proceedings. ICMMT 2002 pp. 770 - 772
Main Authors Hall, P.S., Ricci, M., Hee, T.W.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2002
Subjects
Antenna measurements
Belts
Coaxial cables
Communication cables
Communication channels
Loss measurement
Performance evaluation
Prototypes
Time measurement
Wireless communication
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Summary:On-body communications and computing environments will become increasingly important in the future. To avoid the need for cables between the various parts of such distributed systems, wireless communications will be used. Efficient use of these on-body channels requires characterization and understanding of the propagation environment. The paper presents initial results and shows that significant channel loss variations can occur that are related to physiological body effects.
ISBN:9780780374867
078037486X
DOI:10.1109/ICMMT.2002.1187814