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Investigation of on-body Bluetooth transmission

  • Xia Zhao
    ,
  • Yue Zhang
    ,
  • Masood Ur-Rehman
    ,
  • Yue Gao
    ,
  • Zhao Wang
    ,
  • J. Zhang
  • Queen Mary University of London
Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Abstract

The development of communication devices, especially cellular phones has necessitated the advances of several portable and wearable technologies, such as Bluetooth headsets within wireless body area networks (WBAN). Such wearable devices use the human body as a communication channel; hence, a comprehensive understanding of the transmission mechanism between such devices is vital. This study presents an investigative study to characterise the electromagnetic transmission between a body-mounted Bluetooth headset antenna and a mobile phone handset antenna. Commercially used antennas have been used to study various factors affecting on-body communication links including handset-to-body separation and presence of blocking objects. A thorough numerical modelling, supported by the measurements, has been carried out to demonstrate the importance of surface waves in the on-body Bluetooth transmission.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 871-880

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation (Volume 4, Issue 7)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2010

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2010

ISSN

1751-8725

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/272001
  • Scopus: 77955264608

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