Open AccessFootwear‐centric body area network with directional UWB antenna
Author(s) -
Gaetano D.,
Sipal V.,
McEvoy P.,
Ammann M.J.,
Brannigan C.,
Keating L.,
Horgan F.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2013.1596
Subject(s) - omnidirectional antenna , antenna (radio) , directional antenna , computer science , body area network , electronic engineering , telecommunications , acoustics , engineering , physics , wireless
A footwear‐centric body area network employing a directional antenna is compared with waist‐centric systems using omnidirectional and directional antennas. The effect of body movements on path gain is analysed for two bands at 3.99 and 7.99 GHz. The path gain and data rate results demonstrate that footwear‐centric configurations are equivalent to or better than waist‐centric body area networks.