Analytic propagation model for body area network channel based on impedance boundary condition

The propagation properties of body area network channel are investigated analytically. The real channel with an antenna located nearby human body is modelled by a lossy dielectric elliptical cylinder close to a polarized point source. The Fourier transform technology, the eigen-function expansion method, and the impedance boundary condition are used to determine the field distribution outside the human body.

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