Off-body antenna wireless performance evaluation in a residential environment

Sema Dumanli, Lawrence Sayer, Evangelos Mellios, Xenofon Fafoutis, Geoffrey Hilton, Ian Craddock

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Abstract

Modern body-centric communication systems require good link quality. Antenna performance is of primary importance when meeting this requirement. This paper contributes a method suited to the difficult task of quantifying antenna performance in a body-centric communications system. In a case study, a planar wrist wearable antenna, which provides radiation pattern switching across the 2.4GHz operating band through an innovative technique that does not require an additional switching mechanism, is benchmarked against a monopole and a patch antenna in a residential setting. The performance of the antenna, and subsequently the benefits of the pattern switching technique, are successfully quantified. The holistic method includes both antenna measurements and channel simulation with ray-tracing. Results are verified against real world measurements.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6076-6084
Number of pages9
JournalIEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume65
Issue number11
Early online date1 Sept 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2017

Research Groups and Themes

  • Digital Health
  • SPHERE

Keywords

  • Antenna radiation patterns
  • Bluetooth low energy
  • Body sensor networks
  • Microstrip antennas
  • Internet of Things
  • Indoor communication
  • Body-centric communications
  • Digital Health

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  • SPHERE (EPSRC IRC)

    Craddock, I. J. (Principal Investigator), Coyle, D. T. (Principal Investigator), Flach, P. A. (Principal Investigator), Kaleshi, D. (Principal Investigator), Mirmehdi, M. (Principal Investigator), Piechocki, R. J. (Principal Investigator), Stark, B. H. (Principal Investigator), Ascione, R. (Co-Principal Investigator), Ashburn, A. M. (Collaborator), Burnett, M. E. (Collaborator), Damen, D. (Co-Principal Investigator), Gooberman-Hill, R. (Principal Investigator), Harwin, W. S. (Collaborator), Hilton, G. (Co-Principal Investigator), Holderbaum, W. (Collaborator), Holley, A. P. (Manager), Manchester, V. A. (Administrator), Meller, B. J. (Other ), Stack, E. (Collaborator) & Gilchrist, I. D. (Principal Investigator)

    1/10/1330/09/18

    Project: Research, Parent

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