On the Performance of UWB-WBAN Modem

Mohanad F. Abdulhamid; Onyango Ben Sewe

doi:10.1515/sbeef-2017-0034

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On the Performance of UWB-WBAN Modem

The Scientific Bulletin of Electrical Engineering Faculty

Volume 18 (2018): Issue 2 (October 2018)

By: Mohanad F. Abdulhamid and Onyango Ben Sewe

Open Access

|Nov 2018

Abstract

Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) have been developed as the human-body monitoring systems to predict, diagnose, and treat diseases. Since the signal transmission in WBANs takes place in or around the human body the channel fading significantly affects packet error rate and overall network performance. This paper focuses on the design and demonstration of an ultra-wideband (UWB) modem to be used in the WBAN applications, and the evaluation of its performance over Rayleigh fading channel. Results show how the fading channel affects the performance of the system.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sbeef-2017-0034 | Journal eISSN: 2286-2455 | Journal ISSN: 1843-6188

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Language: English

Page range: 48 - 53

Published on: Nov 2, 2018

Published by: Valahia University of Targoviste

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

Keywords:

UWB modem,

WBAN applications

Related subjects:

Engineering,

Electrical engineering,

Fundamentals of electrical engineering,

Bioengineering and biomedical engineering,

Biomedical electronics

© 2018 Mohanad F. Abdulhamid, Onyango Ben Sewe, published by Valahia University of Targoviste
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Volume 18 (2018): Issue 2 (October 2018)