A link loss model for the on-body propagation channel for binaural hearing aids

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6180-6190

  Chandra, Rohit ^a   Johansson, Anders J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Binaural hearing aids; Body area network (BAN); Creeping waves; On body propagation

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; HEARING AIDS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); TRANSCEIVERS;

BINAURAL HEARING; BODY AREA NETWORKS; CREEPING WAVES; DETERMINISTIC COMPONENT; ON-BODY PROPAGATION; PROPAGATION MODELING; SPECIFIC ANTHROPOMORPHIC MANNEQUINS; WIRELESS LINK;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84897716532     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2013.2283270     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. P. F. Binkley, "Predicting the potential of wearable technology, " IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Mag., vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 23-27, Jun. 2003. (Pubitemid 37328161)
2. A. Dittmar, R. Meffre, F. De Oliveira, C. Gehin, and G. Delhomme, "Wearable medical devices using textile and flexible technologies for ambulatory monitoring, " in Proc. 27th Annu. Int. Conf. Eng. in Med. Biology Soc. (IEEE-EMBS), 2005, pp. 7161-7164. (Pubitemid 46230631)
3. S. L. Cotton, G. A. Conway, and W. G. Scanlon, "A time-domain approach to the analysis and modeling of on-body propagation characteristics using synchronized measurements at 2.45 GHz, " IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 943-955, Apr. 2009.
4. A.Fort, F.Keshmiri, G. R.Crusats, C. Craeye, andC. Oestges, "Abody area propagation model derived from fundamental principles: Analytical analysis and comparison with measurements, " IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 503-514, Feb. 2010.
5. G. Roqueta, A. Fort, C. Craeye, and C. Oestges, "Analytical propagation models for body area networks, " in Proc. IET Seminar Antennas Propag. for Body-Centric Wireless Commun., Apr. 2007, pp. 90-96.
6. J. Ryckaert, P. De Doncker, R. Meys, A. de Le Hoye, and S. Donnay, "Channel model for wireless communication around human body, " Electronics Lett., vol. 40, no. 9, pp. 543-544, Apr. 2004.
7. T. Alves, B. Poussot, and J.-M. Laheurte, "Analytical propagation modeling of BAN channels based on the creeping-wave theory, " IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 1269-1274, Apr. 2011.
8. G. A. Conway, W. G. Scanlon, S. L. Cotton, and M. J. Bentum, "An analytical path-loss model for on-body radio propagation, " in Proc. URSI Int. Symp. Electromagnetic Theory, Aug. 2010, pp. 332-335.
9. J. R.Wait, "The ancient and modern history of EM ground-wave propagation, " IEEE Antennas Propag. Mag., vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 7-24, Oct. 1998. (Pubitemid 128498695)
10. R. Chandra and A. J. Johansson, "Miniaturized antennas for link between binaural hearing aids, " in Proc. 32nd Annu. Int. Conf. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc. (EMBC'10), Aug. 2010, pp. 688-691.
11. T. Zasowski, G. Meyer, F. Althaus, and A. Wittneben, "UWB signal propagation at the human head, " IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 1836-1845, Jun. 2006.
12. S. H. Kvist, J. Thaysen, and K. B. Jakobsen, "Investigation of the ear-to-ear radio propagation channel, " in Proc. 5th Eur. Conf. Antennas Propag. (EUCAP), Apr. 2011, pp. 3640-3644.
13. S. H. Kvist, J. Thaysen, and K. B. Jakobsen, "The effect of the head size on the ear-to-ear radio-propagation channel for body-centric wireless networks, " in Proc. Loughborough Antennas Propag. Conf. (LAPC), Nov. 2010, pp. 345-348.
14. B. Nour and O. Breinbjerg, "Measurement and characterization of the path loss for ear-to-ear wireless communication, " in Proc. 5th Eur. Conf. Antennas Propag. (EUCAP), Apr. 2011, pp. 1621-1625.
15. S. H. Kvist, J. Thaysen, and K. B. Jakobsen, "Ear-to-ear on-body channel fading in the ISM-band for tangentially-polarized antennas, " presented at the Loughborough Antennas Propag. Conf. (LAPC), Loughborough, U.K., Nov. 2011.
16. S. H. Kvist, J. Thaysen, and K. B. Jakobsen, "Polarization of unbalanced antennas for ear-to-ear on-body communications at 2.45 GHz, " presented at the Loughborough Antennas Propag. Conf. (LAPC), Loughborough, U.K., Nov. 2011.
17. R. Chandra and A. J. Johansson, "Influence on the ear-to-ear link loss from heterogeneous head phantom variations, " in Proc. 5th Eur. Conf. Antennas Propag. (EUCAP), Apr. 2011, pp. 1612-1615.
18. Schmid & Partner Engineering AG, Zurich, Switzerland 2013. [Online]. Available: http://www.speag.com/products/semcad/solutions/
19. IT'IS Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland 2013. [Online]. Available: http://www.itis.ethz.ch
20. A. Christ et al., "The Virtual Family - Development of anatomical CAD models of two adults and two children for dosimetric simulations, " Phys. Medicine Biol., vol. 55, no. 2, pp. N23-N38, Jan. 2010.
21. Italian Nat. Res. Council, Inst. for Appl. Phys., Florence, Italy, "An Internet resource for the calculation of the Dielectric Properties of Body Tissues in the frequency range of 10 Hz - 100 GHz, " 2013 [Online]. Available: http://niremf.ifac.cnr.it/tissprop/
22. A.Fort, J. Ryckaert, C.Desset, P.DeDoncker, P.Wambacq, andL. Van Biesen, "Ultra-wideband channelmodel for communication around the human body, " IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 927-933, Apr. 2006. (Pubitemid 46438093)
23. Y. Zhao, Y. Hao, A. Alomainy, and C. Parini, "UWB on-body radio channel modeling using ray theory and subband FDTD method, " IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 1827-1835, Jun. 2006.
24. R. Chandra and A. J. Johansson, "An elliptical link loss model for wireless propagation around human torso, " in Proc. 6th Eur. Conf. Antennas Propag. (EUCAP), Apr. 2011, pp. 3121-3124.
25. C. Balanis and L. Peters Jr., "Aperture radiation from an axially slotted elliptical conducting cylinder using geometrical theory of diffraction, " IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 507-513, Jul. 1969.
26. A. F. Molisch, Wireless Communications. Hoboken, NJ, USA: IEEE Press/Wiley, 2009.
27. IEEE Recommended Practice for Determining the Peak Spatial-Average Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) in the Human Head From Wireless Communications Devices: Measurement Techniques, IEEE Standard 1528-2003, 2003.