Paper Info
Title
Propagation effects and antenna properties and their impact on ED receivers' performance in body sensor network
Abstract
In this paper, we demonstrate the performance of a system built according to the IEEE Std. 802.15.4-2011 impulse radio ultra wideband (UWB) definitions. We have constructed a physical layer transceiver simulation model with energy detector receivers and a medium access control layer sensor network analysis model with slotted Aloha (S-ALOHA) protocol. The used channel models in the transceiver system are two different body area network channel models. In the results, the receiver structure is shown to affect 2-4 dB and the used channel 3-5 dB on system level performance. Additionally, we have designed a UWB antenna suitable for body worn devices and have studied its performance characteristics with different distances from the human body. As a conclusion, besides observing the impact of the channel model and the receiver structure, we are also able to estimate the effect of the antenna - human body distance to the system level performance.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/ISMICT.2014.6825226
ISMICT
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
zigbee,access protocols,body area networks,telemedicine,ultra wideband antennas,ultra wideband communication,ed receiver performance,ieee std. 802.15.4-2011 uwb definitions,uwb antenna,body area network channel models,energy detector receivers,impulse radio ultra wideband,medium access control layer sensor network analysis model,physical layer transceiver simulation model,slotted aloha protocol,ieee std. 802.15.4-2011,ook,ppm,s-aloha,uwb,wban,antenna,bit error rate,demodulation
Conference
2326-828X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.38
5
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ville Niemelä1264.94
Tuomas Paso2194.13
Tommi Tuovinen32215.55
Jussi Haapola411621.42
Matti Hamalainen5496.51
Jari Iinatti615033.33