Footwear-Centric Body Area Network with Directional UWB Antenna

Authors

Domenico Gaetano, Technological University Dublin
Vit Sipal, Technological University DublinFollow
Patrick McEvoy, Technological University DublinFollow
Max Ammann, Technological University DublinFollow
C Brannigan, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Louise Keating, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Frances Horgan, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Publication Details

Electronics Letters , vol.49, no.14, pp.,, July 4 2013

URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6557241&isnumber=6557234

URL: http://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/el.2013.1596

Abstract

A footwear-centric body area network employing a directional antenna is compared with waist-centric systems using omnidirectional and directional antennas. The impact of body movements on path gain is analysed for two bands at 3.99 GHz and 7.99 GHz. The path gain and data rate results demonstrate that footwear-centric configurations are equivalent or better than waist-centric body area networks.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2013.1596

Recommended Citation

D. Gaetano, V., Sipal, P., Mcevoy, M.J., Ammann, C., Brannigan, L., Keating, F. & Horgan, F. (2013) Footwear-centric body area network with directional UWB antenna, Electronics Letters , vol.49, no.14, pp., July 4. doi:10.1049/el.2013.1596

Funder

Science Foundation Ireland, Irish Reseach Council