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Shadowing effects in MIMO channels for personal area networks

Kåredal, Johan LU ; Johansson, Anders J LU orcid ; Tufvesson, Fredrik LU orcid and Molisch, Andreas LU (2006) IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2006-fall) p.173-177
Abstract
In this paper we analyze the effects of body shadowing in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) channels used for personal area networks (PANs). We give physical reasoning to why PANs may experience two different types of shadowing, and to support our argument, we present results from a measurement campaign for three different PAN channels with human influence. The campaign is performed using different types of multi-element antenna devices; an access point, a body-worn device and two hand-held devices, conducted over a series of distances between 1-10 m. For each distance, a number of channel realizations are obtained by moving the antenna devices over a small area, and by rotating the persons holding the devices. The results show that it... (More)
In this paper we analyze the effects of body shadowing in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) channels used for personal area networks (PANs). We give physical reasoning to why PANs may experience two different types of shadowing, and to support our argument, we present results from a measurement campaign for three different PAN channels with human influence. The campaign is performed using different types of multi-element antenna devices; an access point, a body-worn device and two hand-held devices, conducted over a series of distances between 1-10 m. For each distance, a number of channel realizations are obtained by moving the antenna devices over a small area, and by rotating the persons holding the devices. The results show that it is suitable to distinguish between body shadowing (due to the rotation of the person holding the device) and shadowing due to surrounding objects (lateral movement). We also present a statistical model where the two types of shadowing are described as separate log-normal processes. Furthermore, we find that body shadowing has a big influence on the capacity of the investigated PAN channels. © 2006 IEEE. (Less)
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Personal area networks, Shadowing effects, Multi-element antenna devices, MIMO channels
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[Host publication title missing]
pages
173 - 177
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2006-fall)
conference location
Montreal, QC, Canada
conference dates
2006-09-25 - 2006-09-28
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  • wos:000260569400036
  • other:CODEN: IVTCDZ
  • scopus:34548857402
ISSN
1550-2252
DOI
10.1109/VTCF.2006.47
language
English
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  abstract     = {{In this paper we analyze the effects of body shadowing in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) channels used for personal area networks (PANs). We give physical reasoning to why PANs may experience two different types of shadowing, and to support our argument, we present results from a measurement campaign for three different PAN channels with human influence. The campaign is performed using different types of multi-element antenna devices; an access point, a body-worn device and two hand-held devices, conducted over a series of distances between 1-10 m. For each distance, a number of channel realizations are obtained by moving the antenna devices over a small area, and by rotating the persons holding the devices. The results show that it is suitable to distinguish between body shadowing (due to the rotation of the person holding the device) and shadowing due to surrounding objects (lateral movement). We also present a statistical model where the two types of shadowing are described as separate log-normal processes. Furthermore, we find that body shadowing has a big influence on the capacity of the investigated PAN channels. © 2006 IEEE.}},
  author       = {{Kåredal, Johan and Johansson, Anders J and Tufvesson, Fredrik and Molisch, Andreas}},
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  issn         = {{1550-2252}},
  keywords     = {{Personal area networks; Shadowing effects; Multi-element antenna devices; MIMO channels}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{173--177}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Shadowing effects in MIMO channels for personal area networks}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/4510365/1291552.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/VTCF.2006.47}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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