Impact of Hub Location on the Performance of Wireless Body Area Networks for Fitness Applications

Authors

Vit Sipal, Technological University DublinFollow
Domenico Gaetano, TechnologyFollow
Patrick McEvoy, Technological University DublinFollow
Max Ammann, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

Electrical and electronic engineering, Communication engineering and systems

Publication Details

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation LettersVol. 14, 2015.

Abstract

This letter compares the propagation properties of Wireless Body Area Networks for three different locations (head, foot and waist) of the hub/internet gateway on the human body. The wireless channels between the hubs and four nodes (chest, back, and upper arms) are measured on a female and a male subject performing push-ups and squats. A framework using spider plots is used for cumulative performance description. The results show that the best overall performance is for hub located on the left temple and the worst overall performance is achieved for a hub on the waist. These results are expected to stimulate further research into the optimum hub placement on the human body.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2014.2376943

Recommended Citation

Sipal, V.; Gaetano, D.; McEvoy, P.; Ammann, M.J., "Impact of Hub Location on the Performance of Wireless Body Area Networks for Fitness Applications," Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE , vol.14, pp.1522,1525, 2015 DOI:10.1109/LAWP.2014.2376943

Funder

Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council