Authors
Ur-Rehman, MasoodGao, Yue
Wang, Zhao
Zhang, J.
Alfadhl, Yasir
Chen, Xiaodong
Parini, Clive G.
Ying, Zhinong
Bolin, Thomas
Issue Date
2010
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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.Citation
Rehman, M.U., Gao, Y., Wang, Z., Zhang, J., Alfadhl, Y., Chen, X., Parini, C.G., Ying, Z., Bolin, T., (2010) 'Investigation of on-body Bluetooth transmission', IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation 4(7):871-880Type
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17518725ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1049/iet-map.2008.0339