Human Body Effects on LTE Femtocell Antennas

Masood Ur Rehman; Qammer Hussain Abbasi

doi:10.1002/9781119385271.ch11

Human Body Effects on LTE Femtocell Antennas

Masood Ur Rehman
, Qammer Hussain Abbasi

University of Bedfordshire
University of Glasgow

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Abstract

This chapter presents an investigative study to characterize the electromagnetic interaction between body-mounted Long Term Evolution (LTE) antennas and the human body. Efficient deployment of the Body-centric Wireless Network (BCWN) systems makes it indispensable to evaluate the interaction of the human body and body-worn antennas. Various factors affecting this communication link including on-body antenna placement, antenna and body separation and body posture are considered. Thorough numerical modelling, supported by measurements, has been carried out to demonstrate the importance of numerical modelling and explore these body proximity effects. The performances of the three types of numerical models have been studied in terms of transmission coefficient, radiation patterns, electric field distribution and specific absorption rate (SAR) to evaluate their accuracy. Energy efficiency is an open research issue due to anticipated enhanced battery life of wireless LTE devices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	LTE Communications and Networks
Subtitle of host publication	Femtocells and Antenna Design Challenges
Publisher	wiley
Pages	289-321
Number of pages	33
ISBN (Electronic)	9781119385271
ISBN (Print)	9781119385240
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119385271.ch11
State	Published - 1 Jan 2018
Externally published	Yes

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