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Antenna design for footwear is an essential part of enabling reliable wireless links with lower-limb sensors used in body centric networks. Sensors can report biomechanical pressure data to analyse kinematic and posture parameters for a range of medical and sporting applications. Consideration is given to antenna shapes, the fit with shoe shapes, the positioning on the shoe and the radiation patterns suited to on body and off-body communications.
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Ammann, M.J., McEvoy, P., Gaetano, D., Keating, L., Horgan, F. (2013). An Antenna for Footwear. In: Godara, B., Nikita, K.S. (eds) Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. MobiHealth 2012. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 61. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37893-5_36
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