<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) have been developed as the human-body monitoring systems to predict, diagnose, and treat diseases. Since the signal transmission in WBANs takes place in or around the human body the channel fading significantly affects packet error rate and overall network performance. This paper focuses on the design and demonstration of an ultra-wideband (UWB) modem to be used in the WBAN applications, and the evaluation of its performance over Rayleigh fading channel. Results show how the fading channel affects the performance of the system.</p></abstract>

Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) have been developed as the human-body monitoring systems to predict, diagnose, and treat diseases. Since the signal transmission in WBANs takes place in or around the human body the channel fading significantly affects packet error rate and overall network performance. This paper focuses on the design and demonstration of an ultra-wideband (UWB) modem to be used in the WBAN applications, and the evaluation of its performance over Rayleigh fading channel. Results show how the fading channel affects the performance of the system.

On the Performance of UWB-WBAN Modem

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Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) have been developed as the human-body monitoring systems to predict, diagnose, and treat diseases. Since the signal...

On the Performance of UWB-WBAN Modem

Data publikacji: 02 lis 2018

Zakres stron: 48 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sbeef-2017-0034

Słowa kluczowe
UWB modem, WBAN applications

© 2018 Mohanad F. Abdulhamid et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

On the Performance of UWB-WBAN Modem

Data publikacji: 02 lis 2018

Zakres stron: 48 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sbeef-2017-0034

Słowa kluczoweUWB modem, WBAN applications

© 2018 Mohanad F. Abdulhamid et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
UWB modem, WBAN applications