Antenna Diversity Techniques for Enhanced Ultra-Wideband Body-Centric Wireless Networks in Healthcare - Ultra-Wideband and 60 GHz Communications for Biomedical Applications - page 159

Table 2 Diversity parameters for different receiver (Rx) positions with respect to transmitter (Tx) on waist in an indoor environment for location 7 at 0.34 λ 0
spacing
Link Chest Head Wrist Ankle Back

1 2 3 4 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 4

MRC 2.52 2.79 2.74 3.32 4.62 4.76 4.35 4.89 4.38 4.29 5.27 4.85 5.22 4.87

EGC 2.06 2.17 2.28 3.22 3.48 3.28 4.02 4.32 4.12 4.03 4.48 4.22 4.43 4.13

SC 1.11 1.52 1.13 1.63 3.3 1.76 1.42 2.32 2.12 1.98 2.92 3.02 2.54 2.32

ρ e 0.670 0.667 0.653 0.642 0.694 0.678 0.702 0.701 0.698 0.701 0.646 0.670 0.648 0.671

r 1 − 31.74 − 33.53 − 35.17 − 33.01 − 36.12 − 34.32 − 43.61 − 36.20 − 36.21 − 36.48 − 47.91 − 48.82 − 47.16 − 48.12

r 2 49.92

I 3.36 3.37 2.51 3.95 3.34 1.49 1.17 2.02 2.91 2.74 0.95 0.48 1.97 1.8
All units are in dB except ρ e , r 1 and r 2 are mean powers and I is the power imbalance EGC equal-gain combining, MRC maximum-ratio combining, SC selection
combining

− 35.10 − 30.16 − 32.66 − 29.06 − 32.78 − 32.83 − 41.99 − 38.22 − 39.12 − 33.74 − 48.86 − 48.34 − 49.13 −