3D UTD Modeling of a Measured Antenna Disturbed by a Dielectric Circular Cylinder in WBAN Context

This paper describes a work realized for On-Body antennas characterization: the 3D deterministic modeling of a measured antenna disturbed by a dielectric circular cylinder of finite length. This prediction model is based on the ray-tracing technique for the electromagnetic wave paths search and the Uniform Theory of Diffraction (UTD) for the modeling of the electromagnetic waves interactions with the cylinder. After a detailed description, the model is validated in 3D with measurements made for an antenna disturbed by a cylindrical phantom. Indeed, the presented model gives results very close to these measurements. These first validations allow the presented model to be implemented into more complex WBAN (Wireless Body Area Networks) propagation models.

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