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Body-centric antenna positioning effects for off-body UWB communications in a contemporary learning environment

P. A. Catherwood, W. G. Scanlon
2014 The 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2014)  

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The propagation of UWB signals for body-centric communications within a modern classroom/conference room environment was investigated. Presented results demonstrate that the body-antenna mounting position has a marked impact on the received power levels and positioning the antenna on the chest as opposed to the shoulder or wrist creates more extreme values in receive power, mean excess delay and rms delay spread. Additionally, the best fit models for each scenario are presented and highlight
more » ... difference between the chest and other compared antenna locations. The work concluded that the chest is a poor choice of mounting position for the antenna due to significant body shadowing effects, with the wrist or shoulder considered better options for UWB systems.
doi:10.1109/eucap.2014.6902084 fatcat:cojnfgmgofbb3egunljrohrth4
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P. A. Catherwood, W. G. Scanlon. "Body-centric antenna positioning effects for off-body UWB communications in a contemporary learning environment." The 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2014) (2014)