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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2013.24.2.144

Experimental Study on the Effect of Antenna Polarization in WBAN Off-Body Channel  

Jeon, Jaesung (Department of Electronic Computer Engineering, Hanyang University)
Ahn, Byoungjik (Department of Electronic Computer Engineering, Hanyang University)
Kim, Sunwoo (Department of Electronic Computer Engineering, Hanyang University)
Choi, Jaehoon (Department of Electronic Computer Engineering, Hanyang University)
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The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science / v.24, no.2, 2013 , pp. 144-151 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper investigates the effect of antenna polarization in Wireless Body Area Network(WBAN) off-body channel. The polarizations of antenna are divided into four combinations regarding Line-of-Sight(LOS) and Non-LOS(NLOS) environment. The human body keeps both still standing and moving to show that the impact of the polarization to signal. This paper confirms the performance depending on the polarization of receiver antenna and the combination of the polarizations on the off-body channel.
Keywords
WBAN; Off-Body Channel; Channel Capacity; Polarization;
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