Body Area Network channel model for Virtual-Reality applications

Virtual reality (VR) setups often can be characterized as Body Area Networks (BANs) where one of the transceivers is mounted on the head of the user. In order to design and assess such systems, suitable channel models need to be established. This paper presents a novel model of the propagation channel covering both attenuation and delay dispersion for such BANs. The modeling approach separates the on-body propagation from the contributions of the environment, and is thus easy to generalize to other environments as well. The model is parameterized based on an existing measurement campaign, and can thus be directly used for BAN network simulations.