Performance of Ultrawideband Wireless Tags for On-Body Radio Channel Characterisation

Table 1

Comparison of different distributions adopting AKAI information criteria for nine on-body links measured in the chamber and indoor.

Tag position	Scenario	Normal	Lognormal	Gamma	Nakagami	Rayleigh	Rician	Weibull
L. chest	Chamber	0.286	0	0.080	0.176	324.69	0.276	11.12
	Indoor	0.892	0	0.282	0.282	313.88	0.884	16.74
R. chest	Chamber	0.010	0.078	0.040	0.016	323.22	0	5.268
	Indoor	0.398	0.390	0	0.190	296.31	0.390	12.68
L. thigh	Chamber	1.490	0	0.474	0.970	292.15	1.48	24.48
	Indoor	0.474	0	0.140	0.2980	310.63	0.470	16.40
R. thigh	Chamber	0.994	1.102	1.312	1.142	249.58	0.984	0
	Indoor	0.008	0.420	0.260	0.130	290.26	0	5.450
L. wrist	Chamber	0.530	0	0.120	0.290	203.40	0.520	8.530
	Indoor	0.022	0.160	0.060	0	188.38	0.012	1.700
L. ankle	Chamber	0.830	0	0.240	0.520	264.01	0.820	15.25
	Indoor	2.010	0	0.63	1.30	234.93	2.00	17.37
R. ankle	Chamber	0.490	0	0.110	0.260	220.40	0.480	9.160
	Indoor	0.290	0	0.056	0.142	155.34	0.280	3.780
L. elbow	Chamber	0.820	0	0.250	0.514	241.55	0.812	9.270
	Indoor	0.086	0.014	0	0.014	219.99	0.076	3.232
L. ear	Chamber	0.010	0	0.050	0.0220	288.55	0.096	7.952
	Indoor	0.706	0	0.210	0.4420	250.102	0.696	13.576