Research Article
Compact Microstrip-Based Textile Antenna for 802.15.6 WBAN-UWB with Full Ground Plane
Table 1
Comparison between the operation of the proposed antenna in FS (measured with
< -6 dB) with the 802.15.6 standard channels [
5].
| Band group | Channel no. | Center freq. (MHz) | Channel BW (MHz) | FS simulated BW (MHz) | FS measured BW (P1) | FS measured BW (P2) | FS measured BW (P3) |
| Low band (LB) | 0 | 3494.4 (O) | 3244.8–3744.0 | 3655.9–3744.0 | — | — | — | 1 | 3993.6 (M) | 3744.0–4243.2 | 3744.0–4243.2 | 3700–3810 | — | — | 2 | 4492.8 (O) | 4243.2–4742.4 | 4243.2–4303.9 | — | — | — |
| High band (HB) | 3 | 6489.6 (O) | 6240.0–6739.2 | 6343.9–6739.2 | 6610–6739.2 | 6240.0–6739.2 | 6240.0–6739.2 | 4 | 6988.8 (O) | 6739.2–7238.4 | 6739.2–7238.4 | 6739.2–7238.4 | 6739.2–7238.4 | 6739.2–7238.4 | 5 | 7488.0 (O) | 7238.4–7737.6 | 7238.4–7737.6 | 7238.4–7737.6 | 7238.4–7560.0 | 7238.4–7737.6 | 6 | 7987.2 (M) | 7737.6–8236.8 | 7737.6–8236.8 | 7737.6–8236.8 | 7990.0–8236.8 | 7737.6–8236.8 | 7 | 8486.4 (O) | 8236.8–8736.0 | 8236.8–8736.0 | 8236.8–8736.0 | 8236.8–8736.0 | 8236.8–8390.0 | 8 | 8985.6 (O) | 8736.0–9235.2 | 8736.0–9235.2 | 8736.0–9235.2 | 8736.0–9235.2 | — | 9 | 9484.8 (O) | 9235.2–9734.4 | 9235.2–9734.4 | 9235.2–9734.4 | 9235.2–9734.4 | 9240.0–9734.4 | 10 | 9984.0 (O) | 9734.4–10233.6 | 9734.4–1014.4 | 9734.4–9800.0 | 9734.4–9990.0 | 9734.4–9990.0 |
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