Study of dynamic on-body link reliability for WBAN systems

In this paper, the dynamic on-body link reliability of an IEEE 802.15.4 wireless body area network (WBAN) enabling on-body communications at 2.48 GHz is studied. By having the transmitter node placed on various locations on the hands and the receiver node fixed on the waist, the link reliability can be evaluated from the received signal strength indicator (RSSI) readings when the user is stationary, walking, and jogging. From the RSSI readings, the reliability of the WBAN can be quantified by the performance metric of packet delivery ratio (PDR).

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