Experimental Evaluation of UWB Transmission Waveform with Body-Shadowing in an Indoor Environment

Authors

  • Supakorn Suwan School of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Ladkrabang, Bangkok, 10520, Thailand
  • Sathaporn Promwong School of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Ladkrabang, Bangkok, 10520, Thailand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/jmm1550-4646.18319

Keywords:

wireless indoor measurement, impulse radio, UWB, short-range system, CLEAN algorithm

Abstract

Wireless radio transmission performance in a realistic environment is a significant issue for designing and evaluating in short-range transmission technologies. Human body-shadowing is a significant propagation effect in an indoor wireless communication network. This paper presents the measurement model of impulse radio transmission with human body-shadowing in an indoor environment with IEEE 802.15.4 multipath impulse parameters. The impulse radio transfer function measurement model for the human body impulse radio transfer function with frequency band cover from 3 GHz to 11 GHz. The optimum system evaluation of impulse radio transmission is due to the human body and antennas. The characteristics of impulse radio transmission loss are using decay factor, log-normal standard, clusters, and ray arrival rate. The contributions of this research can be evaluating the human body impulse radio transfer function. And the design of the wireless radio system with the body shadowing effects and ambient environments.

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Author Biographies

Supakorn Suwan, School of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Ladkrabang, Bangkok, 10520, Thailand

Supakorn Suwan gradurate his B.Eng. degree in electronics engineering from the and M.Eng. degree in Biomedical Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL). Now, he is working in a department of Electronics Engineering (Electronics Engineer) and is pursuing his doctoral degree at the faculty of engineering, KMITL. His research interests are in the wireless body area network, antenna and radio wave propagation, ultra-wideband (UWB) communications systems, biomedical devices, and electronics design. He is a member of the IEEE.

Sathaporn Promwong, School of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Ladkrabang, Bangkok, 10520, Thailand

Sathaporn Promwong received his Ph.D. degree in communications and integrated systems from Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT), Tokyo, Japan, his M.E. degree in electrical engineering, and his B.Ind.Tech. degree in electronic technology from KMITL, Bangkok, Thailand. He is a telecommunication engineering department member, Faculty of Engineering, KMITL. His research interests are in the areas of partial discharge localization, antenna and radio wave propagation, wireless energy transfer, channel measurement for wireless communications, broadcast and multimedia technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, wireless localization, and wireless body area network (WBAN). He is currently an IEEE Broadcast Technology Society (BTS) Thailand chapter chair and member of IEEE, IEICE, and ECTI.

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Published

2022-02-04

How to Cite

Suwan, S. ., & Promwong, S. . (2022). Experimental Evaluation of UWB Transmission Waveform with Body-Shadowing in an Indoor Environment. Journal of Mobile Multimedia, 18(03), 845–860. https://doi.org/10.13052/jmm1550-4646.18319

Issue

2022: Vol 18 Iss 3

Section

Smart Innovative Technology for Future Industry and Multimedia Applications