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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2015.16.6.4125

Performance analysis of SNR and BER for radiation pattern reconfigurable antenna  

Lee, Chang Min (Graduate School of NID Fusion Technology, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Jung, Chang Won (Graduate School of NID Fusion Technology, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.16, no.6, 2015 , pp. 4125-4130 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents the communication performance for the radiation pattern reconfigurable antenna in the wearable device measuring bio signal (temperature, blood pressure, pulse etc.) of human body. The operational frequency is 2.4 - 2.5 GHz, which covers Bluetooth communication bandwidth. The maximum gain of the antennas is 1.96 dBi. The proposed antenna is efficiently transmitting and receiving signal by generating two opposite beam directions using two RF switches (PIN diode). Also, we investigated how radiation pattern changes according to three angles ($30^{\circ}$, $90^{\circ}$, $150^{\circ}$) of Top Loading. In this paper, we measured and compared the SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio) and BER (Bit Error Rate) performances of the proposed antennas in the condition between an ideal environment of anechoic chamber and smart house existing practical electromagnetic interferences (Universal Software Radio Peripheral, USRP). Throughout the comparing the results of the measurement of two cases, we found that the SNR is degraded over 5dB in average and BER is increased over ten times in maximum, therefore, it is confirmed that the error rate of receiving signal is increased. The measured results of SNR and BER value in this paper able to expect the performance degrading by the interference from the electromagnetic devices.
Keywords
Radiation pattern reconfigurable antenna; Fitbit Flex; Bluetooth; SNR; BER;
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