par Fort, Andrew;Desset, Claude;De Doncker, Philippe ;Wambacq, Piet
Référence IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques, 54, 4, page (1820-1826)
Publication Publié, 2006-04
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : Body worn wireless sensors for monitoring health information is a promising new application. In developing these sensors, a communication channel model is essential. However, there are currently few measurements or models describing propagation around the body. To address this problem, we have measured electromagnetic waves near the torso and derived relevant statistics. We find that components diffracting around the body are well modeled using correlated log normal variables, and a Nakagami-m distribution can be used to incorporate the influence of arm motions. We have implement this model and evaluated it in terms of important communication metrics. This paper describes body area propagation statistics and proposes a suitable computer model implementation. © 2006 IEEE.