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Study of a novel multi-band antenna for body-centric wireless networks

  • Waqas Farooq
    ,
  • Masood Ur-Rehman
    ,
  • Xiaodong Yang
    ,
  • Qammer Hussain Abbasi
  • University of Bedfordshire
    ,
  • Xidian University
    ,
  • Texas A&M University at Qatar
Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Conference contribution Peer-review

Abstract

Body-centric wireless networks are used for connectivity between on-body and on-off body communications for various applications for rescue, diagnostics and medical usage. Multiple features of modern portable and wearable devices necessitate antenna operation at a number of frequencies. A compact, low profile and multi-band antenna is presented for body-centric wireless networks in this study. The conventional microstrip rectangular patch antenna has been converted into a multi-band antenna by using layers of mercury and liquid crystal polymer (LCP). The antenna performance in free space and in body-mounted configurations are evaluated and compared using computer simulations. The proposed antenna supports six frequencies for operation at ISM/Wi-Fi/C band. A minimal shift in the operating frequencies while operating in on-body configuration makes this the proposed antenna very resilient to frequency de-tuning caused by the human body presence. The antenna also offers high peak gain values (>7.68 dBi) in the two configurations at all of the operating frequencies.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Conference contribution Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 112-116

Publication milestones

  • Published - 07/12/2015

Publication status

Published - 07/12/2015

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., United States

ISBN (Print)

9781467377010

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/624459
  • Scopus: 84964247802

Host publication title

2015 IEEE 11th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob)

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