Novel Antenna Designs for High Data Rate Body-Centric Communications in Wearable Devices

There is an ever-increasing demand for high data rate communication embedded in wearable devices owing to the exponential growth of smart devices and related technology. The human body is always around, which means that traditional antenna designs will not work well with body-centric communications operations, as signal loss and interference from the presence of the human body must be addressed. This project addresses this limitation by designing new body-centric communications antenna designs for incorporation into wearable devices. Antennas proposed in the literature can use novel techniques that reach high data rates while providing reliable communication links and features like compactness, low power consumption, and multi-band functionalities. The designs are optimized to ensure that the human body has a minimal effect on the signal enhancing performance and stability. The antennas are designed and simulated using advanced simulation tools and validated in the lab. These findings demonstrate the remarkable advantages of high-speed data transmission and link quality compared to traditional antennas. It contributes to developing novel antenna designs that wearable device manufacturers can incorporate into high data rate body-centric communications, enabling dramatically improved performance within tight space constraints. This will make it possible to create next-generation wearable devices with communication functions for applications ranging from healthcare and sports to virtual reality.