@inproceedings{02316f97e617430dba83cc7ee20cf8e4,
title = "Fading and Rician K-factor in the ultrawideband footwear-centric body area network",
abstract = "The fading and Rician K-factor in UWB Body Area Networks (BANs) is explored. It compares the traditional waist-centric approach with a novel footwear-centric architecture. The recently introduced footwear-centric architecture considers locating the central hub (data aggregator) in the footwear and it was shown to be comparable or superior to the waist-centric approach in terms of path-gain. This paper shows that this conclusion also applies to the fading severity and the Rician K-factor. Thus it is concluded that the footwear centric network is a feasible alternative for novel UWB BANs.",
keywords = "footwear-centric body area network, Rician fading, Rician K-factor, ultrawideband, UWB",
author = "V. Sipal and D. Gaetano and P. McEvoy and Ammann, {M. J.} and C. Brannigan and L. Keating and F. Horgan",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 European Association on Antennas and Propagation.; 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2014 ; Conference date: 06-04-2014 Through 11-04-2014",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902269",
language = "English",
series = "8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2014",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "2281--2284",
booktitle = "8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2014",
address = "United States",
}