Effects of Antennas Characteristics on UWB Body Area Propagation Channel

Abstract

The effects of different UWB antennas on body area propagation channel is analyzed. Different orientations of directional antennas and different spacings between planar antennas and the body are investigated in an on-body scenario. Time domain channel parameters, e.g. mean delay and delay spread, are extracted from measurement data. The distribution of the channel parameters allows classification of the different antennas with respect to each parameter.