Performance of Ultrawideband Wireless Tags for On-Body Radio Channel Characterisation

Experimental characterisation of on-body radio channel for ultrawideband (UWB) wireless active tags is reported in this paper. The aim of this study is to investigate the performance of the commercially available wireless tags on the UWB on-body radio channel characterisation. Measurement campaigns...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Monirujjaman Khan, Qammer H. Abbasi, Akram Alomainy, Yang Hao
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/232564
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Akram Alomainy
Yang Hao
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description Experimental characterisation of on-body radio channel for ultrawideband (UWB) wireless active tags is reported in this paper. The aim of this study is to investigate the performance of the commercially available wireless tags on the UWB on-body radio channel characterisation. Measurement campaigns are performed in the chamber and in an indoor environment. Statistical path loss parameters of nine different on-body radio channels for static and dynamic cases are shown and analyzed. Results demonstrated that lognormal distribution provides the best fits for on-body propagation channels path loss model. The path loss was modeled as a function of distance for 34 different receiver locations for propagation along the front part of the body. A reduction of 11.46% path loss exponent is noticed in case of indoor environment as compared to anechoic chamber. In addition, path loss exponent is also extracted for different body parts (trunk, arms, and legs). Second-order channel parameters as fade probability (FP), level crossing rate (LCR), and average fade duration (AFD) are also investigated.
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spelling doaj-art-69d02e0e645f4732af0887d5976a4a7c2025-08-20T03:34:05ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772012-01-01201210.1155/2012/232564232564Performance of Ultrawideband Wireless Tags for On-Body Radio Channel CharacterisationMohammad Monirujjaman Khan0Qammer H. Abbasi1Akram Alomainy2Yang Hao3School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UKSchool of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UKSchool of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UKSchool of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UKExperimental characterisation of on-body radio channel for ultrawideband (UWB) wireless active tags is reported in this paper. The aim of this study is to investigate the performance of the commercially available wireless tags on the UWB on-body radio channel characterisation. Measurement campaigns are performed in the chamber and in an indoor environment. Statistical path loss parameters of nine different on-body radio channels for static and dynamic cases are shown and analyzed. Results demonstrated that lognormal distribution provides the best fits for on-body propagation channels path loss model. The path loss was modeled as a function of distance for 34 different receiver locations for propagation along the front part of the body. A reduction of 11.46% path loss exponent is noticed in case of indoor environment as compared to anechoic chamber. In addition, path loss exponent is also extracted for different body parts (trunk, arms, and legs). Second-order channel parameters as fade probability (FP), level crossing rate (LCR), and average fade duration (AFD) are also investigated.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/232564
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