Research Article
Compact Microstrip-Based Textile Antenna for 802.15.6 WBAN-UWB with Full Ground Plane
Table 2
Comparison between the operation of the proposed antenna in OB (measured with
< -6 dB) with the 802.15.6 standard channels.
| Band group | Channel no. | Center freq. (MHz) | Channel BW (MHz) | OB simulated BW (MHz) | OB measured BW (P2) | OB measured BW (P3) | OB simulated 30° bend | OB simulated 60° bend |
| Low band (LB) | 0 | 3494.4 (O) | 3244.8–3744.0 | — | — | — | 3343.2-3744.0 | 3286.9-3697.6 | 1 | 3993.6 (M) | 3744.0–4243.2 | 3807.9–4243.2 | — | — | 3744.0-3827.0 | — | 2 | 4492.8 (O) | 4243.2–4742.4 | 4243.2-4303.9 | — | — | — | — |
| High band (HB) | 3 | 6489.6 (O) | 6240.0–6739.2 | 6615.9-6739.2 | 6240.0–6739.2 | 6240.0–6739.2 | 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 | 6739.2–7238.4 | 5 | 7488.0 (O) | 7238.4–7737.6 | 7238.4–7737.6 | 7238.4–7570.0 | 7238.4–7737.6 | 7238.4–7737.6 | 7238.4–7737.6 | 6 | 7987.2 (M) | 7737.6–8236.8 | 7737.6–8236.8 | 8000.0–8236.8 | 7737.6–8236.8 | 7737.6–8236.8 | 7737.6–8236.8 | 7 | 8486.4 (O) | 8236.8–8736.0 | 8236.8–8736.0 | 8236.8–8736.0 | 8236.8–8450.0 | 8236.8–8736.0 | 8236.8–8736.0 | 8 | 8985.6 (O) | 8736.0–9235.2 | 8736.0–9235.2 | 8736.0–9235.2 | 9184.0–9235.2 | 8736.0–9235.2 | 8736.0–9182.8 | 9 | 9484.8 (O) | 9235.2–9734.4 | 9235.2–9734.4 | 9235.2–9734.4 | 9235.2–9734.4 | 9235.2–9323.5 | — | 10 | 9984.0 (O) | 9734.4–10233.6 | 9734.4–10233.6 | 9734.4–9951.9 | 9734.4–10170.0 | — | — |
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