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Table 6 Average channel gain and standard deviation of body-to-body channels

From: Characterization of dynamic wireless body area network channels during walking

Number

Channel name

Propagation

TX antenna

RX antenna

Overall

  

Mean

STD

Mean

STD

Mean

STD

Mean

STD

  

[dB]

[dB]

[dB]

[dB]

[dB]

[dB]

[dB]

[dB]

1

Chest-to-chest

− 45.70

4.05

3.30

0.19

3.30

0.19

− 39.09

3.7

2

Chest-to-back

− 57.03

9.76

3.37

0.11

− 30.69

0.19

− 84.35

9.82

3

Chest-to-hand

− 46.84

4.21

3.06

0.21

− 6.08

0.92

− 49.86

3.57

4

Chest-to-thigh

− 45.09

2.58

2.67

0.64

4.36

1.99

− 38.06

2.02

5

Chest-to-ear

− 44.94

2.32

2.79

0.60

− 5.07

0.50

− 47.22

1.66

6

Back-to-back

− 51.77

5.02

− 30.74

0.13

− 30.74

0.13

− 113.26

4.98

7

Back-to-hand

− 55.84

5.63

− 31.52

0.82

− 5.94

0.76

− 93.30

4.83

8

Back-to-thigh

− 49.91

2.57

− 34.21

1.31

4.51

1.77

− 79.60

2.98

9

Back-to-ear

− 53.22

3.85

− 28.72

0.36

− 4.92

0.28

− 86.85

4.04

10

Hand-to-hand

− 46.35

1.89

− 8.16

1.88

− 8.16

1.88

− 62.68

2.93

11

Hand-to-thigh

− 47.28

3.47

− 7.73

1.80

4.28

1.58

− 50.73

2.40

12

Hand-to-ear

− 49.28

3.35

− 6.79

1.52

− 8.32

1.80

− 64.39

2.57

13

Thigh-to-thigh

− 47.12

3.85

4.56

1.69

4.56

1.69

− 39.33

2.36

14

Thigh-to-ear

− 48.72

3.11

3.52

2.63

− 7.74

2.15

− 52.93

1.83

15

Ear-to-ear

− 50.54

4.65

− 6.26

0.82

− 6.26

0.82

− 63.06

3.44