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Body-Centric WLANs for Future Wearable Computers
Overview Wearable computers are expected to provide personalised assistants to the user anywhere at anytime with the user being the centre of attention in order to be a true extension of the human's mind and body. Replacing the scores of cables with wireless communications will enable enhanced performance of the system regarding the user's information needs and environment. The paper presents preliminary results of on-body communication channel characteristics and measurements highlighting the effects of the body and surroundings on path loss. System-level modelling of possible low-power and low-cost radio transceivers to be employed within the wearable system, creating the body-centric WLAN, and their performances under the measured path characteristics is also presented.
| Publisher | University of London | File Format | |
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| Date Published | March 2004 | Downloads | 1 |
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