Dual band magnetic textile antenna for body area network application

Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) is one of developed technology that supports telemedical services. WBAN provides low power consumption, mobile, and easier monitoring. This application needs a wearable device especially a textile antenna for implementation. So far, the antenna's performance is mainly affected by a human body when it is applied near to the human body. In this paper, we propose a novel magnetic antenna that works in dual-band operation (924 MHz and 2.45 GHz). The proposed antenna is simulated and measured for validating the basic performances. The validation shows that the measured result is well suited with the simulation in terms of S
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