Advanced Antenna Technologies for Communication, IoT and Medical Applications

This book presents innovations in advanced antenna technologies, including advanced wearable antennas, energy-harvesting antennas, and modules. Moreover, the book presents Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, Inverted Microstrip Line Phase Shifter Technique for Antennas, and Enhancing wireless performance with Antenna distance-based modulation. Wearable technology provides a powerful new tool to medical services, surgical rehabilitation services, sports training, and IOT systems. Wireless Body Area Networks, WBANs, can record electrocardiograms, measure body temperature and blood pressure, measure heartbeat rate, arterial blood pressure, electro-dermal activity, and other healthcare parameters. Wearable devices will be an important part of individuals' daily lives in the next decade. Wearable technology typically includes communication capabilities, enabling users to access information in real time. Several wireless technologies are used to handle data collection and processing by medical systems. The collected data may be stored or transmitted to a medical center for analysis. Wearable devices gather raw data, which is fed to a database or to a software application for analysis. This analysis may result in a response that alerts a physician to contact a patient experiencing abnormal symptoms. Wearable technology may offer scanning and sensing features that mobile phones and laptop computers do not. The book may be a valuable resource for antenna designers, academic researchers, communication engineers, and communication systems project managers involved in the development and manufacturing of antenna networks and communication systems. The information presented aims to inspire further innovation and application in this field.