Hand palm local channel characterization for millimeter-wave body-centric applications

Zhao, N., Zhang, Z., Ren, A. , Zhao, J., Yang, X., Ur-Rehman, M. and Abbasi, Q. H. (2019) Hand palm local channel characterization for millimeter-wave body-centric applications. IEEE Access, 7, pp. 150976-150982. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2946844)

Abstract

The body-centric wireless channel characterization mostly utilizes whole body models. However, localized channels for body parts consistently interacting with the wireless device have their own importance. This paper attempts to characterize the hand palm local channel through experimental measurements at three millimeter-wave frequency bands of 27-28 GHz, 29-30 GHz, and 31-32 GHz. Five human subjects are used in this study. Net body loss is found to be 3dB for different subjects with subject-specific and varying palm shape size is found to be the primary affecting source. The repeatability of the on-body propagation measurements is found to be within 10% of variance.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: The work was supported in part by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (JB180205), in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61601338, 61671349, and 61301175).
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Abbasi, Dr Qammer and Ur Rehman, Dr Masood and Ren, Dr Aifeng
• Authors: Zhao, N., Zhang, Z., Ren, A., Zhao, J., Yang, X., Ur-Rehman, M., and Abbasi, Q. H.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering; College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering
• Journal Name: IEEE Access
• Publisher: IEEE
• ISSN: 2169-3536
• ISSN (Online): 2169-3536
• Published Online: 10 October 2019
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2019 IEEE
• First Published: First published in IEEE Access 7: 150976-150982
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License