Wideband Channel Characterisation for Body and Personal Area Networks

Indoor channel measurements for body and personal area network applications have been conducted between a number of on-body positions and to three nearbypeer locations. Particular attention has been paid to the relation between the channel characteristics and the user’s motion. The results demonstrate how the channel characteristics in BANs/PANs are dominated by the effects of body blocking. With body shadowing losses reaching 40 dB, non-LOS links rely on multipath propagation in the surrounding environment.