11th International Conference on Body Area Networks

Research Article

Antenna Radiation Efficiency Considerations in Body Area Networks

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.15-12-2016.2267658,
    author={Julien Sarrazin and Guido Valerio and Solofo Razafimahatratra and Massimiliano Casaletti and Fran\`{e}ois Sarrazin and Luca Petrillo and Philippe De Doncker and Aziz Benlarbi-Delai},
    title={Antenna Radiation Efficiency Considerations in Body Area Networks},
    proceedings={11th International Conference on Body Area Networks},
    publisher={ACM},
    proceedings_a={BODYNETS},
    year={2017},
    month={4},
    keywords={body area networks (ban) complex image method millimeter-wave dipole above multilayer half-space},
    doi={10.4108/eai.15-12-2016.2267658}
}
  • Julien Sarrazin
    Guido Valerio
    Solofo Razafimahatratra
    Massimiliano Casaletti
    François Sarrazin
    Luca Petrillo
    Philippe De Doncker
    Aziz Benlarbi-Delai
    Year: 2017
    Antenna Radiation Efficiency Considerations in Body Area Networks
    BODYNETS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.15-12-2016.2267658
Julien Sarrazin1,*, Guido Valerio1, Solofo Razafimahatratra1, Massimiliano Casaletti1, François Sarrazin2, Luca Petrillo3, Philippe De Doncker3, Aziz Benlarbi-Delai1
  • 1: UPMC University (L2E)
  • 2: UPEMLV University (ESYCOM)
  • 3: ULB University (OPERA)
*Contact email: julien.sarrazin@upmc.fr

Abstract

In this paper, we present a theoretical investigation on the radiation efficiency of small on-body antennas in the context of Body Area Networks. In particular, we show that operation at frequencies above 20 GHz experiences less human-tissue losses than below 6 GHz, and could therefore be a suitable candidate for more efficient off-body wireless communications.

Keywords
body area networks (ban) complex image method millimeter-wave dipole above multilayer half-space
Published
2017-04-24
Publisher
ACM
http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.15-12-2016.2267658
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