Norm Characterization for Body-Centric Networks

Body-centric wireless communication (BCWC) is affected by many uncertain factors. Available propagation models aim to characterize the radio propagation behavior for a specific scenario; model selection is based on the a posteriori knowledge from previous experience. To generalize existing parametric propagation models, the ℓ
₁
-norm probability propagation model, which is independent of a posteriori knowledge, was developed in this paper. To validate the ℓ
₁
-based model, Duke phantom was used as the carrier in the finite-difference time-domain calculation. Simulation and experimental results demonstrated that the generalized ℓ
₁
-norm propagation model is very appropriate for BCWC, which always undergoes various changes in practice.