RT Journal Article
A1 M. Ur Rehman
A1 Y. Gao
A1 Z. Wang
A1 J. Zhang
A1 Y. Alfadhl
A1 X. Chen
A1 C.G. Parini
A1 Z. Ying
A1 T. Bolin

PB iet
T1 Investigation of on-body Bluetooth transmission
JN IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation
VO 4
IS 7
SP 871
OP 880
AB 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.
K1 electromagnetic transmission
K1 handset-to-body separation
K1 on-body Bluetooth transmission
K1 wireless body area networks
K1 www.ietdl.org
K1 on-body communication links
K1 mobile phone handset antenna
K1 numerical modelling
K1 body-mounted Bluetooth headset antenna
K1 cellular phones
K1 surface waves
K1 wearable technology
K1 portable technology
DO https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2008.0339
UL https://digital-library.theiet.org/;jsessionid=2pch1fa61hria.x-iet-live-01content/journals/10.1049/iet-map.2008.0339
LA English
SN 1751-8725
YR 2010
OL EN