Numerical Analysis of Electromagnetic Textiles and Application in Emergency Communication Network

In this paper, we presented a new type of textile antenna with new radiation mechanism that is capable of resonating at 1/9 the size of a corresponding microstrip antenna due to the woven structures. Further study of this phenomenon suggests development of textile electromagnetic structures with artificially magnetic conductor (AMC) and frequency selective surface (FSS) characteristics. Full-wave finite element method (FEM) simulation of the antennas as well as textile FSS and textile AMC are carried out and compared with existing electromagnetic structures. The results suggest conventional electromagnetic structures such as FSS and AMC can be realized with flexible textile materials. These textile electromagnetic materials possess unique electromagnetic properties that can be applied to a variety of electromagnetic problems, including new kinds of low-profile antennas, standalone FSS and artificial electromagnetic surfaces. On the other hand, efforts toward development of a novel wireless emergency communication network have been made. Public communication infrastructures ar