A novel approach to joint flexion/extension angles measurement based on wearable UWB radios

Y Qi, CB Soh, E Gunawan, KS Low… - IEEE journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a new method for measuring and monitoring human body joint angles, which
uses wearable ultrawideband (UWB) transceivers mounted on body segments, is proposed …

Low-power and reliable communications for UWB-based wireless monitoring sensor networks in underground mine tunnels

M Abou El-Nasr, H Shaban - International Journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper investigates the bit-error-rate (BER) and maximum allowable data throughput
(MADTh) performance of a novel low-power mismatched Rake receiver structure for ultra …

Measurement of knee flexion/extension angle using wearable UWB radios

Y Qi, CB Soh, E Gunawan, KS Low… - 2013 35th Annual …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a wearable system using UWB transceivers to measure the knee
flexion/extension angle parameter, who is known to be of clinical importance. First, a pair of …

A WBAN for human movement kinematics and ECG measurements

A Baraka, A Shokry, I Omar, S Kamel, T Fouad… - … Systems and Networks, 2012 - scirp.org
Biomedical applications of body area networks (BANs) are evolving, where taking periodic
medical readings of patients via means wireless technologies at home or in the office will aid …

Amplify‐and‐Forward Cooperative Diversity for Green UWB‐Based WBSNs

H Shaban, M Abou El-Nasr - The Scientific World Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper proposes a novel green cooperative diversity technique based on suboptimal
template‐based ultra‐wideband (UWB) wireless body sensor networks (WBSNs) using …

Near–optimal rake receivers for green UWB radio communications in NLOS underground mine tunnels

HA Shaban, M Abou El-Nasr - Journal of Electromagnetic Waves …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This paper proposes a novel green radio (GR)-mismatched Rake receiver structure for ultra-
wideband (UWB) communications in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) underground mine tunnels …

BER performance and data throughput of body sensor networks for reliable biological signal transmission over the human body

HA Shaban, M Abou El-Nasr - Journal of Electromagnetic Waves …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
According to the IEEE 802.15 task group 6, human body communication (HBC) is a wireless
body area network (WBAN) that operates at frequency band 5–50 MHz. In particular …

Pulse Modulation Method to Decrease the Blind Zone in Ultra-wideband Pulse Compression Radar Systems

ZX ZHANG, MA **ao-Peng, Y Ling-Zhen… - 3rd Annual …, 2017 - atlantis-press.com
A short penetrating distance is a drawback of traditional ultra wideband radar systems. A
pulse compression technique has been used in UWB radar systems to increase the …

Wearable human motion tracking and analysis system based on wireless sensor network

Y Qi - 2015 - dr.ntu.edu.sg
In this thesis, we first developed a wearable motion tracking system using ultra wideband
(UWB) radios, and then a low-cost motion analysis system using wireless ultrasonic sensor …

Rectangular template-based coherent IR-UWB correlator receivers for wireless body sensor networks (WBSNs)

M Abou El-Nasr, H Shaban - Proceedings of 2012 IEEE-EMBS …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study the performance of low-power impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-
UWB) correlation receivers with suboptimal rectangular templates in additive-white …