Insole Antenna for On-Body Telemetry

Domenico Gaetano; Patrick Mcevoy; Max J. Ammann; Matthias John; Colm Brannigan; Louise Keating; Frances Horgan

doi:10.1109/TAP.2015.2434395

Insole Antenna for On-Body Telemetry

Domenico Gaetano, Patrick Mcevoy, Max J. Ammann, Matthias John, Colm Brannigan, Louise Keating, Frances Horgan

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

8 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

A 433-MHz antenna is proposed for integration with the insole of footwear for a body-area network. The folded dipole design with an asymmetric groundplane radiates from its edges and considers the close proximity of the human foot and ground surfaces. It functions for different ground conductivity conditions and an on-body communication link with an inverted-F antenna in the upper body area was evaluated on a static and dynamic human subject. The antenna solution was compliant with specific absorption rate (SAR) requirements, remains matched and links with upper body nodes regardless of the body posture and node location.

Original language	English
Article number	7109865
Pages (from-to)	3354-3361
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume	63
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2015.2434395
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2015

Keywords

Body Area Network
Footwear antenna
ISM 433 MHz
Propagation Channel

Access to Document

10.1109/TAP.2015.2434395

https://arrow.tudublin.ie/engscheleart2/89/Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

Cite this

@article{7dedff8a6051478384ffa9c7f933d618,

title = "Insole Antenna for On-Body Telemetry",

abstract = "A 433-MHz antenna is proposed for integration with the insole of footwear for a body-area network. The folded dipole design with an asymmetric groundplane radiates from its edges and considers the close proximity of the human foot and ground surfaces. It functions for different ground conductivity conditions and an on-body communication link with an inverted-F antenna in the upper body area was evaluated on a static and dynamic human subject. The antenna solution was compliant with specific absorption rate (SAR) requirements, remains matched and links with upper body nodes regardless of the body posture and node location.",

keywords = "Body Area Network, Footwear antenna, ISM 433 MHz, Propagation Channel",

author = "Domenico Gaetano and Patrick Mcevoy and Ammann, {Max J.} and Matthias John and Colm Brannigan and Louise Keating and Frances Horgan",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 1963-2012 IEEE.",

year = "2015",

month = aug,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1109/TAP.2015.2434395",

language = "English",

volume = "63",

pages = "3354--3361",

journal = "IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation",

issn = "0018-926X",

publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",

number = "8",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Insole Antenna for On-Body Telemetry

AU - Gaetano, Domenico

AU - Mcevoy, Patrick

AU - Ammann, Max J.

AU - John, Matthias

AU - Brannigan, Colm

AU - Keating, Louise

AU - Horgan, Frances

PY - 2015/8/1

Y1 - 2015/8/1

N2 - A 433-MHz antenna is proposed for integration with the insole of footwear for a body-area network. The folded dipole design with an asymmetric groundplane radiates from its edges and considers the close proximity of the human foot and ground surfaces. It functions for different ground conductivity conditions and an on-body communication link with an inverted-F antenna in the upper body area was evaluated on a static and dynamic human subject. The antenna solution was compliant with specific absorption rate (SAR) requirements, remains matched and links with upper body nodes regardless of the body posture and node location.

AB - A 433-MHz antenna is proposed for integration with the insole of footwear for a body-area network. The folded dipole design with an asymmetric groundplane radiates from its edges and considers the close proximity of the human foot and ground surfaces. It functions for different ground conductivity conditions and an on-body communication link with an inverted-F antenna in the upper body area was evaluated on a static and dynamic human subject. The antenna solution was compliant with specific absorption rate (SAR) requirements, remains matched and links with upper body nodes regardless of the body posture and node location.

KW - Body Area Network

KW - Footwear antenna

KW - ISM 433 MHz

KW - Propagation Channel

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84938913113&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1109/TAP.2015.2434395

DO - 10.1109/TAP.2015.2434395

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84938913113

SN - 0018-926X

VL - 63

SP - 3354

EP - 3361

JO - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

JF - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

IS - 8

M1 - 7109865

ER -

Insole Antenna for On-Body Telemetry

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this