Absorption Loss; Channel Characterization; Off-Body System; Received Signal Strength
Issue Date
2015-04
Publisher
한국전자파학회
Citation
Journal of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science, v. 15, NO 2, Page. 97-103
Abstract
This paper investigates the effect of absorption loss by a human body to the received signal strength with respect to on-body transmitting antenna positions in on-to-off wireless body area networks. This investigation is based on measurement results obtained from experi¬ments performed on human bodies (male and female) using planar inverted-F antennas in an anechoic chamber. The total absorption loss by the human body is also presented through the SEMCAD-X simulations. Our investigation showed that the received signal strength becomes lower when the transmitting antenna is mounted at a specific position where more absorption loss is experienced. The statistical analyses of on-to-off body channel characteristics based on the measurement results are presented.