Research Article

Compact Microstrip-Based Textile Antenna for 802.15.6 WBAN-UWB with Full Ground Plane

Table 4

Realized gain at the centre frequency of each WBAN-UWB channel.

Group bandChannel no.Centre frequency (GHz)Realized gain in free space (dB)Realized gain on body (dB)30° bent realized gain (OB) (dB)60° bent realized gain (OB) (dB)

Low band13.994.164.42-1.72-4.49

High band36.494.291.305.445.59
46.994.892.746.125.69
57.495.676.65.454.56
67.995.146.44.784.61
78.494.465.735.114.21
88.995.554.823.772.48
99.495.426.882.050.23