On-body calibration and measurements using a personal, distributed exposimeter for wireless fidelity
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- Arno Thielens (UGent) , Sam Agneessens (UGent) , Hans De Clercq, Jeroen Lecoutere, Leen Verloock (UGent) , Emmeric Tanghe (UGent) , Sam Aerts (UGent) , Robert Puers, Hendrik Rogier (UGent) , Luc Martens (UGent) and Wout Joseph (UGent)
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- Abstract
- This paper describes the design, calibration, and measurements with a personal, distributed exposimeter (PDE) for the on-body detection of radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields due to Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) networks. Numerical simulations show that using a combination of two RF nodes placed on the front and back of the body reduces the 50% prediction interval (PI50) on the incident free-space electric-field strength E-RMS(free). Median reductions of 10 dB and 9.1 dB are obtained compared to the PI50 of a single antenna placed on the body using a weighted arithmetic and geometric average, respectively. Therefore, a simple PDE topology based on two nodes, which are deployed on opposite sides of the human torso, is applied for calibration and measurements. The PDE is constructed using flexible, dual-polarized textile antennas and wearable electronics, which communicate wirelessly with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connected receiver and can be unobtrusively integrated into a garment. The calibration of the PDE in an anechoic chamber proves that the PI50 of the measured E-RMS(free) is reduced to 3.2 dB. To demonstrate the real-life usability of the wireless device, a subject was equipped with the PDE during a walk in the city of Ghent, Belgium. Using a sample frequency of 2 Hz, an average incident power density of 59 nW m(-2) was registered in the WiFi frequency band during this walk.
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- ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELD MEASUREMENTS, REALISTIC ENVIRONMENTS, EXPOSURE, SIMULATIONS, SAR, dosimetry, exposure, radiofrequency, radiation, non-ionizing, radiofrequency
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-6972151
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- Thielens, Arno, et al. “On-Body Calibration and Measurements Using a Personal, Distributed Exposimeter for Wireless Fidelity.” HEALTH PHYSICS, vol. 108, no. 4, 2015, pp. 407–18, doi:10.1097/HP.0000000000000238.
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- Thielens, A., Agneessens, S., De Clercq, H., Lecoutere, J., Verloock, L., Tanghe, E., … Joseph, W. (2015). On-body calibration and measurements using a personal, distributed exposimeter for wireless fidelity. HEALTH PHYSICS, 108(4), 407–418. https://doi.org/10.1097/HP.0000000000000238
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- Thielens, Arno, Sam Agneessens, Hans De Clercq, Jeroen Lecoutere, Leen Verloock, Emmeric Tanghe, Sam Aerts, et al. 2015. “On-Body Calibration and Measurements Using a Personal, Distributed Exposimeter for Wireless Fidelity.” HEALTH PHYSICS 108 (4): 407–18. https://doi.org/10.1097/HP.0000000000000238.
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- Thielens, Arno, Sam Agneessens, Hans De Clercq, Jeroen Lecoutere, Leen Verloock, Emmeric Tanghe, Sam Aerts, Robert Puers, Hendrik Rogier, Luc Martens, and Wout Joseph. 2015. “On-Body Calibration and Measurements Using a Personal, Distributed Exposimeter for Wireless Fidelity.” HEALTH PHYSICS 108 (4): 407–418. doi:10.1097/HP.0000000000000238.
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- 1.Thielens A, Agneessens S, De Clercq H, Lecoutere J, Verloock L, Tanghe E, et al. On-body calibration and measurements using a personal, distributed exposimeter for wireless fidelity. HEALTH PHYSICS. 2015;108(4):407–18.
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- [1]A. Thielens et al., “On-body calibration and measurements using a personal, distributed exposimeter for wireless fidelity,” HEALTH PHYSICS, vol. 108, no. 4, pp. 407–418, 2015.
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abstract = {{This paper describes the design, calibration, and measurements with a personal, distributed exposimeter (PDE) for the on-body detection of radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields due to Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) networks. Numerical simulations show that using a combination of two RF nodes placed on the front and back of the body reduces the 50% prediction interval (PI50) on the incident free-space electric-field strength E-RMS(free). Median reductions of 10 dB and 9.1 dB are obtained compared to the PI50 of a single antenna placed on the body using a weighted arithmetic and geometric average, respectively. Therefore, a simple PDE topology based on two nodes, which are deployed on opposite sides of the human torso, is applied for calibration and measurements. The PDE is constructed using flexible, dual-polarized textile antennas and wearable electronics, which communicate wirelessly with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connected receiver and can be unobtrusively integrated into a garment. The calibration of the PDE in an anechoic chamber proves that the PI50 of the measured E-RMS(free) is reduced to 3.2 dB. To demonstrate the real-life usability of the wireless device, a subject was equipped with the PDE during a walk in the city of Ghent, Belgium. Using a sample frequency of 2 Hz, an average incident power density of 59 nW m(-2) was registered in the WiFi frequency band during this walk.}},
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journal = {{HEALTH PHYSICS}},
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number = {{4}},
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title = {{On-body calibration and measurements using a personal, distributed exposimeter for wireless fidelity}},
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volume = {{108}},
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