A compact and low-profile wearable antenna is presented for on-body wireless body area
network (WBAN) applications. The proposed triangular patch antenna is designed using low …

Wearable health-monitoring systems are becoming very popular, especially in enabling the
noninvasive diagnosis of vital functions of the human body. Besides typical singular …

We provide a comprehensive review of the challenges and emerging technologies for
WBANs: Wireless Body Area Networks. We describe leading applications and the tiers of the …

A wearable fabric CPW antenna is presented for medical body area network (MBAN)
applications at 2.4 GHz based on an electromagnetic bandgap design and frequency …

This letter presents a geometrically simple and compact circularly polarized antenna with
unidirectional radiation characteristics for off-body communications. The proposed antenna …

This paper introduces the design of compact microstrip patch antenna for wireless body area
network (WBAN) applications at ISM 2.4 GHz. The design consists of a radiating patch on …

In this paper, an extremely low-profile patch-type slot antenna for on-body wireless bio-
sensor is presented in the medical body area network (MBAN) band. By locating the …

A new generation of miniaturized, less invasive, and Smart Wireless Implantable Medical
Devices (SW-IMDs), designed for real-time monitoring of biomarkers and with real-time …

Wireless body area networks have recently gained attention, mainly after the IEEE 802.15. 6
standard had been proposed. Reviewing the literature, we easily recognize that several …

A compact planar monopole antenna backed by an electromagnetic bandgap (EBG)
structure is presented. The antenna is conformal to the human body and is intended for …