Research Article

Dual-Band On-Body Repeater Antenna for In-on-On WBAN Applications

Table 2

Received power for various receiver positions and body postures.

StandingWalkingSitting down and up

Arm
 Average−57.4785−58.2443−54.7935
 Dispersion1.01926.52251.6766
Chest
 Average−37.8377−40.1259−40.9304
 Dispersion0.10220.73481.0493
Head
 Average−53.8209−53.8702−50.5486
 Dispersion0.73189.91211.8158
Stomach
 Average−41.5824−40.0269−40.1617
 Dispersion0.07860.60432.0912
Thigh
 Average−61.0783−54.0026−45.0382
 Dispersion2.89653.73198.9139

Unit: dBm.