Transmission characteristics of wearable broadband textile dielectric resonator antennas in body area network

Abstract

This paper discusses a broadband dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) designed for implementation as a textile wearable antenna in body area networks (BAN). DRA addresses the issues of small size, wide bandwidth and low conductive loss in particular. Due to its credentials, DRA serves well to be a choice as a wearable antenna for on-body communication system. The proposed design is simulated in CST Microwave Studio (CST MWS). The prototype is a textile-based construction offering a wide impedance bandwidth. Detailed measurements of transmission characteristics, carried out using a full-body phantom and a real human body, are reported in this paper.