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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 7-15 |
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Ultra-wideband transceiver model for wireless body area network applications
Mohanad Abdulhamid1, Onyango Ben Sewe2
1 Department of Electrical Engineering, AL-Hikma University, Baghdad, Iraq
2 Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Mohanad Abdulhamid
AL-Hikma University, Baghdad
Iraq
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ijas.ijas_16_18
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The major constraints in the design of wireless body area network (WBAN) can be attributed to the battery autonomy, need for high data rate services, and low interference from the devices operating within the industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) bands. To meet the demand for high data rate services and low power spectral density to avoid ISM band interference, an ultra-wideband (UWB) system-based technology has been proposed. This study focuses on the design and demonstration of an UWB modem to be used in the WBAN applications and the evaluation of its performance in near-real-world scenarios affected by additive white Gaussian noise interference. The modem is tested with different values of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Results show that the performance of the modem degrades as the value of SNR decreases.
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