@inproceedings{a2761da4a6ca421c95994fb0cb1f17d0,
title = "The performance of on-body wearable antennas in a repeatable multipath environment",
abstract = "The performance of antennas designed for on-body channels is usually evaluated in an anechoic environment. However, it is also appropriate to determine their performance under multipath conditions since the presence of off-body paths may significantly improve on-body links for some antennas. This was investigated by considering the on-body performance (|S21| path gain) of a range of wearable antennas in the repeatable multipath environment of a reverberation chamber using a tissue-equivalent experimental phantom, representative of human muscle tissue at 2.45 GHz. These results were compared with the equivalent measurements taken in an anechoic far-field chamber. The study shows that antennas which radiate tangential to the body surface, supporting a surface wave propagating mode, perform favorably in both environments, which is advantageous in reliable system design.",
keywords = "Multipath fading, On-body channels, Wearable antennas",
author = "Conway, \{Gareth A.\} and Scanlon, \{William G.\} and Cotton, \{Simon L.\}",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1109/APS.2008.4619698",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781424420421",
series = "2008 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI",
booktitle = "2008 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI",
note = "2008 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI ; Conference date: 05-07-2008 Through 12-07-2008",
}