Wearable Systems and Antennas Technologies for 5G, IOT and Medical Systems

Due to progress in the development of communication systems, it is now possible to develop low-cost wearable communication systems. A wearable antenna is meant to be a part of the clothing or close to the body and used for communication purposes, which include tracking and navigation, mobile computing and public safety. Examples include smartwatches (with integrated Bluetooth antennas), glasses (such as Google Glass with Wi-Fi and GPS antennas), GoPro action cameras (with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antennas), etc. They are increasingly common in consumer electronics and for healthcare and medical applications. However, the development of compact, efficient wearable antennas is one of the major challenges in the development of wearable communication and medical systems. Technologies such as printed compact antennas and miniaturization techniques have been developed to create efficient, small wearable antennas which are the main objective of this book.

Each chapter covers enough mathematical detail and explanations to enable electrical, electromagnetic and biomedical engineers and students and scientists from all areas to follow and understand the topics presented. New topics and design methods are presented for the first time in the area of wearable antennas, metamaterial antennas and fractal antennas. The book covers wearable antennas, RF measurements techniques and measured results in the vicinity of the human body, setups and design considerations. The wearable antennas and devices presented in this book were analyzed by using HFSS and ADS 3D full-wave electromagnetics software.

• Explores wearable medical systems and antennas
• Explains the design and development of wearable communication systems
• Explores wearable reconfigurable antennas for communication and medical applications
• Discusses new types of metamaterial antennas and artificial magnetic conductors (AMC)
• Reviews textile antennas

Dr. Albert Sabban holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA (1991), and an MBA from the Faculty of Management, Haifa University, Israel (2005). He is currently a Senior Lecturer and researcher at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Kinneret and Ort Braude Engineering Colleges.

1. Wearable Communication and IOT Systems Basics. 2. Electromagnetics and Transmission Lines for Wearable Communication Systems. 3. Antennas for Wearable 5G Communication Systems. 4. Wideband Wearable Antennas for 5G Communication Systems, IOT and Medical Systems. 5. Small Wearable Antennas - Experimental Case Studies. 6. Small Antennas Mounted near the Human Body. 7. Wideband RF Technologies for Wearable Communication Systems. 8. Wearable Metamaterial Antennas for Communication, IoT and Medical Systems. 9. Wearable Technologies for 5G, Medical and Sport Applications. 10. Wearable Textile Systems and Antennas for IoT and Medical Applications. 11. Development of Wearable Body Area Networks, BAN, for 5G and Medical Communication Systems. 12. Efficient Wearable Meta Materials Antennas for Wireless Communication, IOT, 5G and Medical Systems. 13. Wearable Compact Fractal Antennas for 5G and Medical Systems. 14. Reconfigurable Wearable Antennas. 15. Active Wearable Antennas for 5G and Medical Applications. 16. New Wide Band Passive and Active Wearable Slot and Notch Antennas for Wireless and Medical 5G Communication Systems. 17. Design and Measurements Process of Wearable Communication, Medical and IOT Systems. 18. Wearable Antennas in Vicinity of Human Body for 5G, IOT and Medical Applications.