This document defines recommended measurement, simulation, and reporting practices for wearable, textile integrated, and on body antennas operating in close proximity to the human body. This recommended practice provides guidance for evaluating antenna performance and long term durability under realistic usage conditions, including bending, stretching, placement, air gap variation, body model, body motion, inter-individual variability, and environmental exposure. The recommended practice covers static and dynamic test scenarios, use of physical and numerical phantoms, safety related metrics such as Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), Absorbed Power Density (APD), temperature rise, and simulation assumptions that are aligned with measurement practices. It establishes baseline reference test cases, minimum reporting requirements, and classification of test conditions to improve repeatability, transparency, and comparability across studies and products. This recommended practice does not define antenna designs or prescribe regulatory compliance limits, nor does it replace existing SAR or exposure standards; rather, it complements them by addressing wearable specific challenges not consistently covered by existing documents.
- Standard Committee
- APS/SC - Antennas and Propagation Standards Committee
- Status
- Active PAR
- PAR Approval
- 2026-09-25
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- Society
- IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
- Standard Committee
- APS/SC - Antennas and Propagation Standards Committee
- Working Group
- Wearable and On-Body Antennas Standarads WG - Measurement, Simulation, and Reporting Practices for Wearable and On-Body Antennas
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- Vanessa Lalitte
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- Sima Noghanian
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