Smart suit for body area network

This paper presents “Smart suit” for body area network. Body communication network need to be prepared for firefighters, astronauts and soldiers to transmit vital data, location and other information to a base and to receive instructions. Corrected data by on/in body sensors are transmitted to an antenna through cables in conventional suits. For easy sensor location and no physical connection with cables, this paper presents a sheet-like waveguide and a transmission line with non-contact antenna feed. It consists of conductive fabric or paper to easily embed in the suit. This transmission line is a series of microstrip band path filter which provides non-contact electromagnetic coupling with any antennas placed above. This paper describes this novel transmission line and how to embed in the smart suit.

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