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Wireless Communications research at Queen's University is disseminated mainly through peer-reviewed journals and international conferences.
Selected publications, demonstrating the breadth of our research activities and grouped by calender year, are listed below.
Click here for a full list of the more than 200 publications since 1995 (with DOI weblinks).
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| Selected Publications: 2012 |
| W.P.L. Cully, S.L. Cotton, W.G. Scanlon & J.B. McQuiston, 'Body shadowing mitigation using differentiated LOS / NLOS channel models for RSSI-based Monte Carlo personnel localization,' IEEE Wireless Communications & Networking Conf. (WCNC 2012), Paris, France, Apr. 2012. |
| B.H.E. Altvater, S.F. Heaney, A. Meijerink, M.J. Bentum, S.L. Cotton & W.G. Scanlon, 'RSSI-based environment identification for 2.45 GHz body area networks,' 6th European Conf. Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Prague, Czech Republic, Mar. 2012.[Invited paper] |
| S.L. Cotton, A. McKernan & W.G. Scanlon, 'Improving signal reliability in outdoor body-to-body communications using front and back positioned antenna diversity,' 6th European Conf. Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Prague, Czech Republic, Mar. 2012.[Invited paper] |
| S.L. Cotton & W.G. Scanlon, 'Channel modelling of narrowband body centric wireless communications systems,' Chap. 11 in Wireless Body Area Networks - Technology, Implementation and Applications, eds. M. Yuce & J. Khan, Pan Stanford, Singapore, pp. 323–348, 2012. |
| Selected Publications: 2011 |
| L. Hu, Y. Chen & W.G. Scanlon, 'Received signal strength in large-scale wireless relay sensor network: a stochastic ray approach,' IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 5, 14, pp. 1738–1743, Nov. 2011. |
| S.F. Heaney, W.G. Scanlon, E. Garcia-Palacios, S.L. Cotton & A. McKernan, 'Characterization of inter-body interference in context aware body area networking (CABAN),' Intl. Workshop on Mobile Computing and Emerging Communication Networks (MCECN’11), Houston, Texas, pp. 518-522, Dec. 2011. |
| W.G. Scanlon, 'Short range radio communication - novel applications and their physical layer requirements,' Chap. 7 in Analog Circuit Design: Low Voltage Low Power; Short Range Wireless Front-Ends; Power Management and DC-DC (2011), eds. M. Steyaert, A. van Roermund & A. Baschirotto, Springer, New York, NY, pp. 139–144, 2011. |
| S.L. Cotton, W.P.L. Cully, W.G. Scanlon & J.B. McQuiston, 'Channel characterisation for indoor wearable active RFID at 868 MHz,' Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, Nov. 2011. |
| S.L. Cotton, A. McKernan & W.G. Scanlon, 'Received signal characteristics of outdoor body-to-body communications channels at 2.45 GHz,' Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, Nov. 2011. |
| W.P.L. Cully, S.L. Cotton, W.G. Scanlon & J.B. McQuiston, 'Localization algorithm performance in ultra low power active RFID based patient tracking,' 22nd IEEE Intl. Symp. Personal, Indoor & Mobile Radio Comms. (PIMRC), Toronto, Canada, pp. 2303-2307, Sep. 2011. [Invited paper] |
| N.F. Timmons & W.G. Scanlon, 'Improving the ultra-low power performance of IEEE 802.15.6 by adaptive synchronisation,' IET Wireless Sensor Systems, Vol. 1, 3, pp. 161–170, Sept. 2011. |
| P.A. Catherwood & W.G. Scanlon, 'Measurement errors introduced by the use of co-axial cabling in the assessment of wearable antenna performance in off-body channels,' 5th European Conf. Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Rome, Italy, Apr. 2011.[Invited paper] |
| S.L. Cotton, A. McKernan, A.J. Ali & W.G. Scanlon, 'An experimental study on the impact of human body shadowing in off-body communications channels at 2.45 GHz,' 5th European Conf. Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Rome, Italy, Apr. 2011.[Invited paper] |
| W.G. Scanlon, 'Rethinking antenna requirements for medical implant systems,' 5th European Conf. Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Rome, Italy, Apr. 2011.[Invited paper] |
| Selected Publications: 2010 |
| A.J. Ali, W.G. Scanlon & S.L. Cotton, 'Pedestrian effects in indoor UWB off-body communication channels,' Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conf., pp. 57-60, Nov. 2010. [Invited plenary paper] |
| S.F. Heaney, W.G. Scanlon, E. Garcia-Palacios & S.L. Cotton, 'Fading characterization for Context Aware Body Area Networks (CABAN) in interactive smart environments,' Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conf., pp. 501-504, Nov. 2010. |
| H. Zhao, E. Garcia-Palacios, Y.Xi & J. Wei, 'Resource allocation for multi-hop cooperative MIMO systems in ad hoc networks,' Proc. Intl. Symp. Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS 2010), York, U.K, Sept. 2010. |
| S.L. Cotton, W.G. Scanlon & P.S. Hall, 'A simulated study of co-channel inter-BAN interference at 2.45 GHz and 60 GHz,' 3rd European Conference on Wireless Technology (EuWiT), Paris, France, pp. 61-64, Sept. 2010. |
| W.G. Scanlon, 'Future opportunities for dependable and secure inter-personal wireless communications,' NATO RTO IST Panel Symposium on Military Communications and Networks, Wroclaw, Poland, Sept. 2010. [Invited plenary paper] |
| P.S. Hall, Y. Hao & S.L. Cotton, 'Progress in antennas and propagation for body area networks,' Intl. Symp. on Signals, Systems and Electronics (ISSSE2010), Nanjing, China, Sept. 2010. [Keynote Paper] |
| S.F. Heaney, E. Garcia-Palacios & W.G. Scanlon, 'Context-aware body area networks (CABAN) for interactive smart environments: interference characterization,' 5th Intl. Conf. Body Area Networks (Bodynets), Corfu, Greece, Sep. 2010. [Winner of Best Student Paper Prize] |
| W.G. Scanlon, 'Understanding and exploiting physical layer characteristics to create new opportunities for bodynets,' 5th Intl. Conf. Body Area Networks (Bodynets), Corfu, Greece, Sep. 2010. [Keynote Paper] |
| S.L. Cotton, U.S. Dias, W.G. Scanlon & M.D. Yacoub, 'On the distribution of signal phase in body area networks,' IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 14, 8, pp. 728-730, Aug. 2010. |
| P.A. Catherwood & W.G. Scanlon, 'Off-body UWB channel characterisation within a hospital ward environment,' Intl. J. Ultra Wideband Communications & Systems, Special issue on Applications of Ultra Wideband Systems in Biomedicine, Vol. 1, 4, pp. 263-272, 2010. |
| G.W. Irwin, J. Chen, A. McKernan & W.G. Scanlon, 'Co-design of predictive controllers for wireless network control,' IET Control Theory & Applications, Vol. 4, 2, pp. 186-196, Feb. 2010. |
| P.S. Hall, Y. Hao & S.L. Cotton, 'Advances in antennas and propagation for body centric wireless communications,' 4th European Conf. Antennas & Propagation (EUCAP), Barcelona, Spain, Apr. 2010. |
| S.L. Cotton, W.G. Scanlon & B.K. Madahar, 'Simulation of mm-wave channels for short-range body to body communications,' 4th European Conf. Antennas & Propagation (EUCAP), Barcelona, Spain, Apr. 2010. |
| A.R. Chandran & W.G. Scanlon, 'Dual-band low profile antennas for body-centric communications,' IEEE Intl. Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT 2010), Lisbon, Portugal, Mar. 2010. |
| S.L. Cotton, W.G. Scanlon & P.S. Hall, 'A simulated study of co-channel inter-BAN interference at 2.45 GHz and 60 GHz,' to be presented at 3rd European Conference on Wireless Technology (EuWiT), Paris, France, Sep. 2010. |
| G.A. Conway, W.G. Scanlon, S.L. Cotton & M.J. Bentum, 'An analytical path-loss model for on-body radio propagation,' to be presented at URSI Intl. Symp. Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS), Berlin, Germany, Aug. 2010. |
| Selected Publications: 2009 |
| S.L. Cotton & W.G. Scanlon, 'Measurements, modeling and simulation of the off-body radio channel for the implementation of bodyworn antenna diversity at 868 MHz,' IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagation, Vol. 57, 12, pp. 3951–3961, 2009. |
| S.L. Cotton, W.G. Scanlon & B.K. Madahar, 'Millimeter-wave soldier-to-soldier communications for covert battlefield operations,' IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Issue on Military Communications, Vol. 47, 10, pp. 72–81, Oct. 2009. |
| S.L. Cotton & W.G. Scanlon 'Channel characterization for single and multiple antenna wearable systems used for indoor body to body communications,' IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagation, Special Issue on Antennas & Propagation on Body-Centric Wireless Communications, Vol. 57, 4, pp. 980-990, Apr. 2009. |
| G.A. Conway & W.G. Scanlon 'Antennas for over-body-surface communication at 2.45 GHz,' Ibid., pp. 844–855. |
| S.L. Cotton, G.A. Conway & W.G. Scanlon 'A time-domain approach to the analysis and modeling of on-body propagation characteristics using synchronized measurements at 2.45 GHz,' Ibid., pp. 943-955. |
| G.A. Conway, S.L. Cotton & W.G. Scanlon, 'An antennas and propagation approach to improving physical layer performance in wireless body area networks,' IEEE Jnl. Selected Area Communications, Special Issue on Body Area Networking: Technology and Applications, Vol. 27, 1, pp. 27-36, Jan. 2009. |
| S.L. Cotton, & W.G. Scanlon 'An experimental investigation into the influence of user state and environment on fading characteristics in wireless body area networks at 2.45 GHz,' IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications, Vol. 8, 1, pp. 6-12, Jan. 2009. |
| S.L. Cotton, & W.G. Scanlon 'Characterization and modeling of on-body spatial diversity within indoor environments at 868 MHz,' Ibid., pp. 176-185. |
| P.A. Catherwood & W.G. Scanlon, 'Link characteristics for an off-body UWB transmitter in a hospital environment,' Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conf., pp. 569-572, Nov. 2009. |
| A.J. Ali, S.L. Cotton & W.G. Scanlon, 'Spatial diversity for off-body communications in an indoor populated environment at 5.8 GHz,' Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conf., pp. 641-644, Nov. 2009. |
| A.R. Chandran & W.G. Scanlon, 'Reduced groundplane shorted patch antenna for on-body communications,' Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conf., pp.409-412, Nov. 2009. |
| M. Ong, H.A. Thompson, N. Israr, W.G. Scanlon & G.W. Irwin, 'Skin-friction control for drag reduction on an active aircraft using fault-tolerant wireless connectivity,' 19th Conf. Intl. Soc. Air Breathing Engines (ISABE), Montreal, Canada, Sep. 2009. |
| N. Israr, W.G. Scanlon & G.W. Irwin, 'A Cross-Layer Communication Protocol for Wireless Networked Control Systems,' 1st Intl. Conf. Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems Tech., Aalborg, Denmark, pp. 577–581, May 2009. |
| N.F. Timmons & W.G. Scanlon, 'An Adaptive Energy Efficient MAC Protocol for the Medical Body Area Network,' 1st Intl. Conf. Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems Tech., Aalborg, Denmark, pp. 587–593, May 2009. |
| S.L. Cotton, W.G. Scanlon & G.A. Conway, 'Autocorrelation of signal fading in wireless body area networks,' 2nd IET Seminar on Body-Centric Wireless Communications, London, UK, Apr. 2009. |
| W.G. Scanlon & A.R. Chandran, 'Stacked-patch antenna with switchable propagating mode for UHF body-centric communications,' IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT 2009), Mar. 2009. |
| Selected Publications: 2008 |
| G.A. Conway, W.G. Scanlon, C. Orlenius & C. Walker 'In-situ measurement of UHF wearable antenna efficiency using a reverberation chamber,' IEEE Antennas Wireless Propagation Ltrs., Vol. 7, pp. 271–274, 2008. |
| S.L. Cotton, W.G. Scanlon & J. Guy 'The k–m distribution applied to the analysis of fading in body to body communication channels for fire and rescue personnel,' IEEE Antennas Wireless Propagation Ltrs., Vol. 7, pp. 66-69, 2008. |
| G.A. Safdar & W.G. Scanlon 'Performance analysis of improved IEEE 802.11 infrastructure power saving under time-correlated channel errors,' Intl. Jnl. Wireless Info. Networks, Vol. 15, 1, pp. 36–42, Mar. 2008. |
| A. McKernan, C. Arino, G. W. Irwin, W. G. Scanlon & J. Chen, 'A multiple-observer approach to stability in wireless network control systems,' Intl. Conference on Control, Manchester, Sept. 2008. |
| P.A. Catherwood & W.G. Scanlon, 'Wearable ultra-wideband channel sounder for MIMO antenna systems,' 16th IET Irish Signals and Systems Conf.,, pp. 224-229, Galway, Ireland, June 2008. |
| J. Chen, A. McKernan, G. W. Irwin & W. G. Scanlon, 'Experimental characterisation and analysis of wireless network control systems,' 16th IET Irish Signals and Systems Conf.,, pp. 238-243, Galway, Ireland, June 2008. |
| S.L. Cotton & W.G. Scanlon, 'An experimental evaluation of spatial diversity for use in indoor body to body communications,' IEEE Intl. Symp. Antennas & Prop., San Diego, CA, Jul. 2008. |
| A.R. Chandran, G.A. Conway & W.G. Scanlon, 'Compact low-profile patch antenna for medical body area networks at 868 MHz,' IEEE Intl. Symp. Antennas & Prop., San Diego, CA, Jul. 2008. |
| G.A. Conway, W.G. Scanlon & S.L. Cotton, 'The performance of on-body wearable antennas in a repeatable multipath environment,' IEEE Intl. Symp. Antennas & Prop., Jul. 2008. |
| Z. Duan, D. Linton, W. Scanlon & G. Conway 'Using EBG to improve antenna efficiency in proximity to the human body,' IET Seminar on Wideband, Multiband Antennas and Arrays for Defence or Civil Applications, pp. 175–179, Mar. 2008. |
| W.G. Scanlon & S.L. Cotton 'Understanding on-body fading channels at 2.45 GHz using measurements based on user state and environment,' Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conf., pp. 10–13, Mar. 2008. |
| A.R. Chandran, G. Conway & W.G. Scanlon 'Compact slot-loaded patch antenna for 868 MHz wireless body area networks,' Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conf., pp. 433–436, Mar. 2008. |
| Z. Duan, D. Linton, W. Scanlon & G. Conway 'Improving wearable slot antenna performance with EBG structures,' Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conf., pp. 173–176, Mar. 2008. |
| Selected Publications: 2007 |
| S.L. Cotton & W.G. Scanlon, 'Higher order statistics for lognormal small-scale fading in mobile radio channels,' IEEE Antennas & Wireless Propagation Ltrs, Vol. 6, pp. 540-543, 2007. |
| S.L. Cotton & W.G. Scanlon, 'Higher order statistics for the k–m distribution,' Electronics Ltrs, Vol. 43, 22, pp. 1215-1217, Oct. 2007. |
| T.P. Deasy & W.G. Scanlon, 'Simulation or measurement: the effect of radio map creation on indoor WLAN-based localisation accuracy,' Wireless Personal Comms., Vol. 42, 4, pp. 563–573, Sept. 2007. |
| A.D. Ball, N.E. Evans, S.J. Burgess & W.G. Scanlon, 'Head-SAR dependence on spectacle frame shape for operator of 450 MHz personal radio,' Electronics Letters, Vol. 43, 20, pp. 1063–1065, Sept. 2007. |
| S.L. Cotton & W.G. Scanlon, 'Characterization and modeling of the indoor radio channel at 868 MHz for a mobile bodyworn wireless personal area network,' IEEE Antennas & Wireless Propagation Ltrs., Vol. 6, pp. 51–55, 2007. |
| G.A. Safdar & W.G. Scanlon, 'Improved power-saving medium access protocol for IEEE 802.11e QoS-enabled wireless networks,' IET Communications, Vol. 1, 4, pp. 718-725, Aug. 2007. |
| J. Colandairaj, G.W. Irwin & W.G. Scanlon, 'Wireless Networked Control Systems with QoS-Based Sampling,' IET Control Theory & Applications, Vol. 1, 1, pp. 430–438, Jan. 2007. |
| W.G. Scanlon, 'Wearable antennas: applications, design Principles, challenges and opportunities,' Keynote - 5th European Workshop on Conformal Antennas, Bristol, UK, Sept. 2007. |
| W.G. Scanlon, G.A. Conway & S.L. Cotton, 'Antennas and propagation considerations for robust wireless communications in medical body area networks,' IET Seminar Antennas & Propagation for Body-Centric Wireless Comms., London, UK, p. 37, April 2007. |
| G.A. Conway, W.G. Scanlon & D. Linton, 'Low-profile microstrip patch antenna for over-body surface communication at 2.45 GHz,' 65th IEEE Vehicular Techn. Conf. VTC2007-Spring, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 392–396, April 2007. |