title: In-to-out body antenna-independent path loss model for multilayered tissues and heterogeneous medium.
abstract: In this paper, we investigate multilayered lossy and heterogeneous media for wireless body area networks (WBAN) to develop a simple, fast and efficient analytical in-to-out body path loss (PL) model at 2.45 GHz and, thus, avoid time-consuming simulations. The PL model is an antenna-independent model and is validated with simulations in layered medium, as well as in a 3D human model using electromagnetic solvers.
authors.affiliation: Ghent University-iMinds, Deptartment of Information Technology Gaston Crommenlaan 8 box 201, Ghent B-9050, Belgium. divya.kurup@intec.ugent.be.
authors.forename: Divya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kurup
authors.affiliation: Ghent University-iMinds, Deptartment of Information Technology Gaston Crommenlaan 8 box 201, Ghent B-9050, Belgium. gunter.vermeeren@intec.ugent.be.
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vermeeren
authors.affiliation: Ghent University-iMinds, Deptartment of Information Technology Gaston Crommenlaan 8 box 201, Ghent B-9050, Belgium. emmeric.tanghe@intec.ugent.be.
authors.forename: Emmeric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tanghe
authors.affiliation: Ghent University-iMinds, Deptartment of Information Technology Gaston Crommenlaan 8 box 201, Ghent B-9050, Belgium. wout.joseph@intec.ugent.be.
authors.forename: Wout
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.affiliation: Ghent University-iMinds, Deptartment of Information Technology Gaston Crommenlaan 8 box 201, Ghent B-9050, Belgium. Luc.Martens@intec.UGent.be.
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009928:Organ Specificity; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013909:Thorax / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D059015:Wireless Technology