Miniaturization of a Conformal Dual-Band Wearable Textile Monopole Antenna for WBAN and WLAN Applications

IF 1.7 4区计算机科学 Q3 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC International Journal of Communication Systems Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI:10.1002/dac.70046

Abdelmaoula Bouaza, Rachida Touhami, Smail Tedjini, Abdul Jabbar, Masood Ur-Rehman, Naeem Ramzan

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This work presents a miniaturized dual-band wearable textile microstrip antenna with conformal traits and robust performance covering 2.45- and 5.38-GHz wireless body area network (WBAN) and wireless local area network (WLAN) bands. The antenna size is 78% smaller than a conventional antenna. The proposed antenna design incorporates the logo of the Algerian Petroleum Corporation (Sonatrach). The antenna is designed on a low-cost and lightweight denim material as a dielectric material and provides −10-dB impedance bandwidth for dual bands from 2.37 to 2.51 GHz and from 4.99 to 5.72 GHz. The prototype is fabricated and validated through measurements. The measured results show good agreement with the simulation results. Additionally, the antenna performance near the human body is investigated, yielding satisfactory outcomes in both free space and proximity scenarios. The proposed antenna design is a low-cost solution for various wearable consumer electronics applications. This antenna presents itself as a potential solution for enhanced workforce management, secure access control, and identification.

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International Journal of Communication Systems 工程技术-电信学

CiteScore

5.90

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9.50%

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323

审稿时长

7.9 months

期刊介绍： The International Journal of Communication Systems provides a forum for R&D, open to researchers from all types of institutions and organisations worldwide, aimed at the increasingly important area of communication technology. The Journal''s emphasis is particularly on the issues impacting behaviour at the system, service and management levels. Published twelve times a year, it provides coverage of advances that have a significant potential to impact the immense technical and commercial opportunities in the communications sector. The International Journal of Communication Systems strives to select a balance of contributions that promotes technical innovation allied to practical relevance across the range of system types and issues. The Journal addresses both public communication systems (Telecommunication, mobile, Internet, and Cable TV) and private systems (Intranets, enterprise networks, LANs, MANs, WANs). The following key areas and issues are regularly covered: -Transmission/Switching/Distribution technologies (ATM, SDH, TCP/IP, routers, DSL, cable modems, VoD, VoIP, WDM, etc.) -System control, network/service management -Network and Internet protocols and standards -Client-server, distributed and Web-based communication systems -Broadband and multimedia systems and applications, with a focus on increased service variety and interactivity -Trials of advanced systems and services; their implementation and evaluation -Novel concepts and improvements in technique; their theoretical basis and performance analysis using measurement/testing, modelling and simulation -Performance evaluation issues and methods.