Body-Worn Diversity Antennas for Squad Area Networks (SAN)

We present a Body-Worn antenna system for communications in the 225MHz-380MHz band. The antenna consists of multiple broadband dipole elements appropriately positioned on the human body. Measurements are given for a human body phantom for validation and a series of simulations are carried out using Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) techniques to estimate optimum positioning and orientation for improved channel capacity.

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