body centric wireless communication (bcwc) has been the topic of much research in recent years. in this manuscript, a novel low-cost microstrip patch antenna is designed for on-/off-body communications with a dual-band operation. the proposed structure exhibits a monopole-like radiation pattern at 2.45ghz and a broadside radiation at 4.8ghz, simultaneously. lateral dimensions of 42 mm × 46 mm a...

Body Centric Wireless Communication (BCWC) has been topic of much research in recent years. In this manuscript, a novel low-cost microstrip patch antenna is designed for on-/off-body communication with a dual-band operation. The proposed structure exhibits a monopole-like radiation pattern at 2.45 GHz and a broadside radiation at 4.8 GHz, simultaneously. Lateral dimensions of 42 mm × 46 mm and ...

Body-centric wireless communication (BCWC) is assumed as core technology for healthcare and rescue applications which always needs a flexible and bendable antenna for near the body propagation. Multiple technologies terminated on a single antenna with suitable radiation and gain characteristics are the concern of antenna designers from few decades. A wide band antenna, covering variety of frequ...

Abstract: In this paper a simple and light weight microstrip patch antenna has been presented. This antena is designed on a FR-4 substrate with dielectric constant of 4.3 and 1.6 mm thickness. The designed antenna is simmulated and anyalized for Body-centric Wireless Communication (BCWC) application, which operates at 5.126 GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) Hyper Local Area Network (...

This paper presents the investigation of path loss variation for subject-specific on-body radio propagation channels, considering the effect of metallic spectacles and loop like metallic accessories. Adding metallic items may affect the operability of Body Centric Wireless Communications (BCWC). Measurements were carried out in an RF-shielded room lined with microwave absorbing sheets for strat...

This research paper focus on the latest research going on an important research topic of antenna designing for body centric wireless communication. Spotlight is on design specifications of antennas, antenna frequency bands, material used in antenna designing, performance analysis and future design challenges involved in designing of antennas for body centric wireless communication.

Electronic devices in contact or in close proximity to the human body can use its conductive properties to establish body coupled communication (BCC) between each other. This human centric communication paradigm can be used for wireless body-area networks to reduce the impact of interference on/from RF systems, to avoid the fading effect that the body has on radio systems and to enable power ef...

There have been growing interests in body-centric wireless communications [1] due to their abundance applications, for example, in personal healthcare, smart home, personal entertainment and identification systems, space exploration and military etc. A generic concept of body-centric wireless communications may include scenarios which RF sensor nodes are placed in/on body. Antennas and propagat...