Research Article

Indoor Off-Body Wireless Communication: Static Beamforming versus Space-Time Coding

Table 3

for STC and beamforming; beamforming power gain.

STC (dB) Beamforming (dB) Beamforming power gain (dB)

NLoS, no receive diversity
min. 29.7 25.9
avg. 43.7 45.5 1.8
max. 51.1 53.8

NLoS, fourth-order receive diversity
min. 38.4 36.5
avg. 50.2 52.2 2.0
max. 59.8 62.5

LoS, no receive diversity
min. 43.1 38.6
avg. 49.9 53.3 3.4
max. 57.5 60.5

LoS, fourth-order receive diversity
min. 49.7 51.9
avg. 56.6 60.1 3.5
max. 62.0 65.5

A single dominant specular reflection, no receive diversity
min. 22.3 13.1
avg. 33.4 34.9 1.5
max. 40.2 42.9

A single dominant specular reflection, fourth-order receive diversity
min. 29.5 29.7
avg. 39.3 41.0 1.7
max. 45.3 49.0