On the Benefits of Creeping Wave Antennas in Reducing Interference Between Neighboring Wireless Body Area Networks

We consider the on-body, off-body, and body-to-body channels in wireless body area networks utilizing creeping wave antennas. Experimental setups are used to gather measurements in the 2.4 GHz band with body area networks operating in an office environment. Data packets providing received signal str...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on biomedical circuits and systems 2017-02, Vol.11 (1), p.153-160
Hauptverfasser: Tsouri, Gill R., Zambito, Stephanie R., Venkataraman, Jayanti
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We consider the on-body, off-body, and body-to-body channels in wireless body area networks utilizing creeping wave antennas. Experimental setups are used to gather measurements in the 2.4 GHz band with body area networks operating in an office environment. Data packets providing received signal strength indicators are used to assess the performance of the creeping wave antenna in reducing interference at a neighboring on-body access point while supporting reliable on-body communications. Results demonstrate that creeping wave antennas provide reliable on-body communications while significantly reducing inter-network interference; the inter-network interference is shown to be 10 dB weaker than the on-body signal. In addition, the inter-network interference when both networks utilize creeping wave antennas is shown to be 3 dB weaker than the interference when monopole antennas are used.
ISSN:1932-4545
1940-9990
DOI:10.1109/TBCAS.2016.2539281