A New Approach and Analysis of Modeling the Human Body in RFID-Enabled Body-Centric Wireless Systems

Body-centric wireless systems demand wearable sensor and tag antennas that have robust impedance matching and provide enough gain for a reliable wireless communication link. In this paper, we discuss a novel and practical technique for the modeling of the human body in UHF RFID body-centric wireless...

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Main Authors: Karoliina Koski, Toni Björninen, Lauri Sydänheimo, Leena Ukkonen, Yahya Rahmat-Samii
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/368090
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Toni Björninen
Lauri Sydänheimo
Leena Ukkonen
Yahya Rahmat-Samii
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description Body-centric wireless systems demand wearable sensor and tag antennas that have robust impedance matching and provide enough gain for a reliable wireless communication link. In this paper, we discuss a novel and practical technique for the modeling of the human body in UHF RFID body-centric wireless systems. What makes this technique different is that we base the human model on measured far-field response from a reference tag attached to the human body. Hereby, the human body model accounts for the encountered human body effects on the tag performance. The on-body measurements are fast, which allows establishing a catalog of human body models for different tag locations and human subjects. Such catalog would provide a ready simulation model for a wide range of wireless body-centric applications in order to initiate a functional design. Our results demonstrate that the suggested modeling technique can be used in the design and optimization of wearable antennas for different real-case body-centric scenarios.
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spelling doaj-art-66cf5c99ea844e2eb52697d5aa7ef9ea2025-08-20T03:34:47ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772014-01-01201410.1155/2014/368090368090A New Approach and Analysis of Modeling the Human Body in RFID-Enabled Body-Centric Wireless SystemsKaroliina Koski0Toni Björninen1Lauri Sydänheimo2Leena Ukkonen3Yahya Rahmat-Samii4Wireless Identification and Sensing Systems Research Group, Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, 33720 Tampere, FinlandWireless Identification and Sensing Systems Research Group, Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, 33720 Tampere, FinlandWireless Identification and Sensing Systems Research Group, Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, 33720 Tampere, FinlandWireless Identification and Sensing Systems Research Group, Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, 33720 Tampere, FinlandDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USABody-centric wireless systems demand wearable sensor and tag antennas that have robust impedance matching and provide enough gain for a reliable wireless communication link. In this paper, we discuss a novel and practical technique for the modeling of the human body in UHF RFID body-centric wireless systems. What makes this technique different is that we base the human model on measured far-field response from a reference tag attached to the human body. Hereby, the human body model accounts for the encountered human body effects on the tag performance. The on-body measurements are fast, which allows establishing a catalog of human body models for different tag locations and human subjects. Such catalog would provide a ready simulation model for a wide range of wireless body-centric applications in order to initiate a functional design. Our results demonstrate that the suggested modeling technique can be used in the design and optimization of wearable antennas for different real-case body-centric scenarios.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/368090
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International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
title A New Approach and Analysis of Modeling the Human Body in RFID-Enabled Body-Centric Wireless Systems
title_full A New Approach and Analysis of Modeling the Human Body in RFID-Enabled Body-Centric Wireless Systems
title_fullStr A New Approach and Analysis of Modeling the Human Body in RFID-Enabled Body-Centric Wireless Systems
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title_short A New Approach and Analysis of Modeling the Human Body in RFID-Enabled Body-Centric Wireless Systems
title_sort new approach and analysis of modeling the human body in rfid enabled body centric wireless systems
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