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Performance evaluation using BER/SNR of wearable fabric reconfigurable beam-steering antenna for On/Off-body communication systems

On/Off-body 통신시스템을 위한 직물소재 웨어러블 재구성 빔 스티어링 안테나의 BER/SNR 성능 검증

  • Kang, Seonghun (Graduate School of NID Fusion Technology, Seoul National University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Jeong, Sangsoo (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Jung, Chang Won (Graduate School of NID Fusion Technology, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
  • 강성훈 (서울과학기술대학교 NID융합기술대학원) ;
  • 정상수 (대구경북과학기술원 정보통신융합공학전공) ;
  • 정창원 (서울과학기술대학교 NID융합기술대학원)
  • Received : 2015.06.04
  • Accepted : 2015.07.16
  • Published : 2015.07.31
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Abstract

This paper presents a comparison of communication performance between the reconfigurable beam-steering antenna and the omni-directional (loop) antenna during standstill and walking motion. Both omni-directional and reconfigurable antennas were manufactured on the same fabric (${\varepsilon}_r=1.35$, $tqn{\delta}=0.02$) substrate and operated around 5 GHz band. The reconfigurable antenna was designed to steer the beam directions. To implement the beam-steering capability, the antenna used two PIN diodes. The measured peak gains were 5.9-6.6 dBi and the overall half power beam width (HPBW) was $102^{\circ}$. In order to compare the communication efficiency, both the bit error rate (BER) and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) were measured using a GNU Radio Companion software tool and user software radio peripheral (USRP) devices. The measurement were performed when both antennas were standstill and walking motion in an antenna chamber as well as in a smart home environment. From these results, the performances of the reconfigurable beam steering antenna outperformed that of the loop antenna. In addition, in terms of communication efficiencies, in an antenna chamber was better than in a smart home environment. In terms of movement of antennas, standstill state has better results than walking motion state.

본 논문은 재구성 빔 스티어링 안테나와 전방향성(루프) 안테나 간 정지상태와 이동상태일 때 통신 성능 비교를 보여준다. 두 안테나는 동일한 직물(${\varepsilon}_r=1.35$, $tqn{\delta}=0.02$) 위에 제작되었으며 5 GHz 대역에서 동작한다. 재구성 안테나는 빔 방향을 조향할 수 있도록 설계되었다. 빔 스티어링 기능을 수행하기 위해 안테나는 두 개의 핀 다이오드를 사용한다. 측정된 최대 이득은 5.9-6.6 dBi 이고 반 전력 빔 폭(HPBW)는 $102^{\circ}$ 이다. 통신효율을 비교하기 위해 GNU Radio Companion 소프트웨어툴과 USRP(User Software Radio Peripheral) 장비를 이용하여 두 안테나의 BER(Bit Error Rate)과 SNR(Signal-to-Noise Ratio)를 측정하였다. 그리고 송, 수신 안테나 사이의 일정한 거리에서 수신 안테나가 고정된 상태와 이동중인 상태 두 가지 경우를 비교하였다. 본 측정은 이상적인 전파환경인 무손실 안테나 챔버와 전파간섭이 존재하는 실제적인 환경인 스마트홈에서 진행되었다. 본 측정의 결과로 빔 스티어링 안테나의 성능이 루프 안테나보다 우수함을 알 수 있다. 또한, 통신효율을 비교하면 측정환경 측면에서는 무손실 안테나 챔버가 스마트홈보다 우수하며, 안테나의 고정/이동 측면에서는 고정된 상태가 이동중인 상태보다 좋은 결과를 보임을 알 수 있다.

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