TY - GEN
T1 - A statistical analysis of indoor multipath fading for a narrowband wireless body area network
AU - Cotton, Simon L.
AU - Scanlon, William G.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - A thorough statistical analysis of multipath effects for on-body propagation channels in wireless body area networks (WBANs) is presented. Experiments were conducted at 868 MHz for both stationary and mobile scenarios in an anechoic chamber and two typical indoor environments. When the WBAN is stationary, fading in bodyworn channels is determined by body-centric processes with Nakagami fading (m ≫ 1) shown to provide the optimum fit. Equivalent Rician KdB-factors for these channels are also shown to be high, peaking at 36.1 dB for channels which cross the anterior chest region. However, mobile fading channels were predominantly Rice distributed in multipath environments. Movement in a multipath environment also caused a reduction in m and K values beyond that observed in anechoic conditions.
AB - A thorough statistical analysis of multipath effects for on-body propagation channels in wireless body area networks (WBANs) is presented. Experiments were conducted at 868 MHz for both stationary and mobile scenarios in an anechoic chamber and two typical indoor environments. When the WBAN is stationary, fading in bodyworn channels is determined by body-centric processes with Nakagami fading (m ≫ 1) shown to provide the optimum fit. Equivalent Rician KdB-factors for these channels are also shown to be high, peaking at 36.1 dB for channels which cross the anterior chest region. However, mobile fading channels were predominantly Rice distributed in multipath environments. Movement in a multipath environment also caused a reduction in m and K values beyond that observed in anechoic conditions.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/44949094392
U2 - 10.1109/PIMRC.2006.254266
DO - 10.1109/PIMRC.2006.254266
M3 - Conference proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:44949094392
SN - 1424403294
SN - 9781424403295
T3 - IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC
BT - 2006 IEEE 17th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC
T2 - 2006 IEEE 17th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC
Y2 - 11 September 2006 through 14 September 2006
ER -