Study of Radio Channel for Biomedical Sensors in Spacesuits

Mohammed Taj-Eldin; William Kuhn; Balasubramaniam Natarajan

8th International Conference on Body Area Networks

Research Article

Study of Radio Channel for Biomedical Sensors in Spacesuits

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253719,
    author={Mohammed Taj-Eldin and William Kuhn and Balasubramaniam Natarajan},
    title={Study of Radio Channel for Biomedical Sensors in Spacesuits},
    proceedings={8th International Conference on Body Area Networks},
    publisher={ICST},
    proceedings_a={BODYNETS},
    year={2013},
    month={10},
    keywords={coaxial model on-body propagation path loss space suits wireless body area networks},
    doi={10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253719}
}

Mohammed Taj-Eldin
William Kuhn
Balasubramaniam Natarajan
Year: 2013
Study of Radio Channel for Biomedical Sensors in Spacesuits
BODYNETS
ACM
DOI: 10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253719

Mohammed Taj-Eldin¹^,*, William Kuhn¹, Balasubramaniam Natarajan¹

1: Kansas State University

*Contact email: tajeldin@k-state.edu

Abstract

Current space suits use conventional wired links to acquire bio-medical sensor data. Replacing these with wireless links would provide a number of operational benefits, but the radio path loss environment must be understood first. In this paper, we study the radio channel of body area networks for space suit applications. Our main findings are that the transmission mechanism follows a coaxial cable model and is approximately 8.5dB/30cm loss at 400 MHz.

Keywords: coaxial model on-body propagation path loss space suits wireless body area networks

Published: 2013-10-29
Publisher: ICST

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.bodynets.2013.253719