Body Area Networks：Radio Channel Modelling and Propagation Characteristics外文学习材料.PDFVIP

Body Area Networks: Radio Channel Modelling and Propagation Characteristics Aastha Gupta, Thushara D. Abhayapala Department of Information Engineering Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering Australian National University Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia aastha.gupta@.au, thushara.abhayapala@.au Abstract—Many current and future wireless devices are wear- and related devices such as Human++ [1], Memswear [2], able and use the human body as a carrier. This has made the body Motes [3] and Ambulant monitoring [4]. As BAN deals with an important part of the transmission channel of these wireless connecting the body to wireless devices, it has applications in devices. Inclusion of the body as a transmission channel will see future wireless networks rely heavily on Body Area Networks numerous other areas as well; such as, sports, entertainment (BAN). BAN will be used not only in medical applications but and defence forces. also in personal area network applications. In order to build To build any wireless device, the first essential step is BAN devices, it is imperative to model the channel accurately. to study the transmission channel and model it accurately. Channel measurements are important, however, a closer look on In this attempt, a few research groups throughout the world the body channel can only be attained through Electromagnetic (EM) propagation modelling. This paper presents an analytical hav