TY - GEN
T1 - Human EMF Exposure in Wearable Networks for Internet of Battlefield Things
AU - Nasim, Imtiaz
AU - Kim, Seungmo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/11
Y1 - 2019/11
N2 - Numerous antenna design approaches for wearable applications have been investigated in the literature. As on-body wearable communications become more ingrained in our daily activities, the necessity to investigate the impacts of these networks burgeons as a major requirement. In this study, we investigate the human electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure effect from on-body wearable devices at 2.4 GHz and 60 GHz, and compare the results to illustrate how the technology evolution to higher frequencies from wearable communications can impact our health. Our results suggest the average specific absorption rate (SAR) at 60 GHz can exceed the regulatory guidelines within a certain separation distance between a wearable device and the human skin surface. To the best of authors' knowledge, this is the first work that explicitly compares the human EMF exposure at different operating frequencies for on-body wearable communications, which provides a direct roadmap in design of wearable devices to be deployed in the Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT).
AB - Numerous antenna design approaches for wearable applications have been investigated in the literature. As on-body wearable communications become more ingrained in our daily activities, the necessity to investigate the impacts of these networks burgeons as a major requirement. In this study, we investigate the human electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure effect from on-body wearable devices at 2.4 GHz and 60 GHz, and compare the results to illustrate how the technology evolution to higher frequencies from wearable communications can impact our health. Our results suggest the average specific absorption rate (SAR) at 60 GHz can exceed the regulatory guidelines within a certain separation distance between a wearable device and the human skin surface. To the best of authors' knowledge, this is the first work that explicitly compares the human EMF exposure at different operating frequencies for on-body wearable communications, which provides a direct roadmap in design of wearable devices to be deployed in the Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT).
KW - Human EMF exposure
KW - IoBT
KW - On-body network
KW - SAR
KW - Wearable device
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85082391656
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/9246e377-d7df-3ada-8949-9430ffc07ad9/
U2 - 10.1109/MILCOM47813.2019.9020889
DO - 10.1109/MILCOM47813.2019.9020889
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85082391656
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM
BT - MILCOM 2019 - 2019 IEEE Military Communications Conference
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2019 IEEE Military Communications Conference, MILCOM 2019
Y2 - 12 November 2019 through 14 November 2019
ER -