Andrea Sani

Contact Details

Title: Research Student
Tel: Internal: [13] 3756
National: 020 7882 3756
International: +44 20 7882 3756
Fax: National: 020 7882 7997
International: +44 20 7882 7997
Email: andrea.sani@elec.qmul.ac.uk
Room: Eng 353

Research Group: Antenna & Electromagnetics Research Group

Supervisor: Prof Yang Hao

Project title: Numerical Modelling of Wearable Antennas and Radio Channel Propagation for Body-Centric Wireless Communications

Biography

Received BSc and MSc (summa cum laude) degrees in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Florence (Italy) in ’05 and ’07 respectively. In April ‘07 he joined the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, at Queen Mary, University of London, where is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Electronic Engineering.

His main research interests are in numerical modelling and radio propagation for on-body communications and medical implants, design of compact and wide-band body worn and implanted antennas, and system-level study for Body Area Networks (BANs). Over the past two years, he authored and co-authored over 20 conference and journal articles, and presented his work in several international conferences.

He is a technical reviewer for IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE Transactions in Antennas and Propagation, and he served as a session chair at EUCAP 09, in Berlin, Germany.

Publications

Journals

1. Q. Abbasi, A. Sani, A. Alomainy and Y. Hao “Ultra Wideband On-Body Radio Channel Characterisation and System-Level Modelling for Multiband OFDM Body-Centric Wireless Network” under review for IEEE Transactions in Microwave Theory and Techniques
   
2. Y. Zhao, A. Sani, Y. Hao, S-L Lee and G-Z Yang, “A Subject-Specific Radio Propagation Study in Wireless Body Area Networks”, under review for IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
   
3. A. Sani, M. Rajab, R. Foster, and Y. Hao “Antennas and Propagation for Implanted RFIDs for Pervasive Healthcare Applications” in revision for Proceedings of the IEEE.
4. A. Sani, A. Alomainy and Y. Hao, "Numerical Characterization and Link Budget Evaluation of Wireless Implants Considering Different Digital Human Phantoms", IEEE Transactions on Microwave Techniques and Theory, Biomedical Special Issue, Vol. 57, Issue 10 (Part 2), pp. 2605-2613.
5. A. Sani, A. Alomainy, G. Palikaras, Y. Nechayev, Y. Hao, C. G. Parini, P. S. Hall, "Experimental Characterization of UWB On-Body Radio Channel in Indoor Environment Considering Different Antennas", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 57, Issue 10 (Part 2).
6. A. Sani, Y. Zhao, A. Alomainy, Y. Hao and C. G. Parini, "An Efficient FDTD Algorithm Based on Equivalence Principle for Analyzing On-Body Antenna Performance", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Special Issue on Body-Centric Wireless Networks, Vol. 57, Issue 4, Part 1, April 2009, pp. 1006-1014.
7. A. Alomainy, A. Sani, A. Rahman, J. Santas and Y. Hao, “Transient Characteristics of Wearable Antennas and Radio Propagation Channels for Ultra Wideband Body-Centric Wireless Communications”, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Special Issue on Body-Centric Wireless Networks, Vol. 57, Issue 4, Part 1, April 2009, pp. 875-884.

Conference Papers

1. S-L Lee, M. Lerotic, A. Sani, Y. Zhao, J. Keegan, Y. Hao and G-Z Lee“Articulated Postures for Subject-Specific RF Simulations” to be presented at Body Sensor Networks (BSN10), Singapore, June 2010.
   
2. A. Sani, Y. Zhao, Y. Hao, S-L Lee and G-Z Yang “A Subject-Specific Numerical Study in UWB Body-CentricWireless Communications” invited for presentation at European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP) 2010, Barcelona, Spain, April 2010.
   
3. A. Sani, Y. Zhao, Y. Hao, S-L Lee and G-Z Yang “Subject-Specific Analysis of the On-Body Radio Propagation Channel Adopting a Parallel FDTD Code” invited for presentation at European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP) 2010, Barcelona, Spain, April 2010
   
4. A. Alomainy, A. Sani, Y. Hao, G. Pettitt and P. Cushnaghan, "Parametric Study of Ground Reflections and Diversity Techniques Effect on Body-Worn VHF/UHF Antenna Performance", European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2010), 12-16 April 2010, Barcelona, Spain (Invited Paper).
   
5. M. Alexander, G. Palikaras, A. Sani, M. Rajab “Characterisation of low reflectivity antenna supports for electrically small antennas, and pattern measurement via optical fibre to eliminate common mode current errors” presented at ARMMS, Oxford, April 2009.
6. Yan Zhao, Andrea Sani, Yang Hao “Subject-specific numerical modelling for body-centric wireless communications”, to be presented at LAPC2009.
7. A. Alomainy, Q. H. Abbasi, A. Sani and Y. Hao, " System-Level Modelling of Optimal Ultra Wideband Body-Centric Wireless Network ", Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) 2009, Singapore, 7-10 December 2009 (Invited Paper).
8. Andrea Sani, Yan Zhao, Akram Alomainy, Yang Hao and Clive Parini “Modelling of Propagation and Interaction Between Body-Mounted Antennas, and the Modelling of Body-Centric, Context Aware Application Scenarios” presented at the IET seminar on Body-Centric Wireless Communications, London 2009.
9. Andrea Sani, Akram Alomainy, Yang Hao “Effect of Various Human Body Tissue Models on Radiowave Propagation from a Bladder Wireless Implanted Source” presented at AP-S 2009, Charleston, USA June 2009.
10. Yan Zhao, Andrea Sani, Yang Hao, Su-Lin Lee and Guang-Zhong Yang “A Simulation Environment for Subject-Specific Radio Channel Modeling in Wireless Body Sensor Networks” presented at Body Sensor Networks, BSN09, Berkeley, California, USA, June 2009.
11. Andrea Sani, Yang Hao “Modeling of Path Loss for Ultrawide Band Body-Centric Wireless Communications” presented at ICEAA 2009, Turin, Italy, September 2009.
12. Qammer Abbasi, Andrea Sani, Akram Alomainy, Yang Hao “Arm Movements Effect on Ultra Wideband On-Body Propagation Channels and Radio Systems” to be presented at LAPC 2009.
13. Andrea Sani, Akram Alomainy, and Yang Hao, “Time Domain UWB Radio Channel Characterisation for Body-Centric Wireless Communications in Indoor Environment”, presented at IET seminar on wideband and ultrawide band systems and technologies,  London.
14. Andrea Sani, Akram Alomainy, and Yang Hao, “Effect of the Indoor Environment on the UWB On-Body Radio Propagation Channel” invited for presentation at EUCAP 2009 Berlin 23-27 March.
15. Andrea Sani, Akram Alomainy, and Yang Hao, “Numerical Characterization of the Radiation from Implanted Wireless Sources Considering Different Digital Body Phantoms” invited for presentation at EUCAP 2009 Berlin 23-27 March.
16. Andrea Sani, Akram Alomainy, Yang Hao, "Characterisation of Ultra Wideband Wearable Antennas and Body-Centric Wireless-Networks in Indoor Environment", European Microwave Week (EuMW) 2008, October 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
17. Andrea Sani, Akram Alomainy, Jaime Santas, Yang Hao, "Time Domain Characterisation of Ultra Wideband Wearable Antennas and Radio Propagation for Body-Centric Wireless Networks in Healthcare Applications", The 5th International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN 2008), Hong Kong, 1 - 3 June 2008.
18. Andrea Sani, Yan Zhao, Yang Hao, “Analysis of on-body propagation channel using a hybrid technique combining the equivalence principle and FDTD“, International Workshop on Antenna Technology 2008 (IWAT’08), Chiba (Japan) , 1-3 March 2008.
19. Andrea Sani, Yan Zhao, Yang Hao, “Analysis of on-body antenna radiation pattern using a numerical technique based on equivalence principle and FDTD “, Loughborough Antenna and Propagation Conference (LAPC ’08), Loughborough (United Kingdom), 17-18 March 2008.