Smart Sensor-Embedded Textile Antenna System for Real-Time Tracking of Respiratory and Musculoskeletal Disorders Using IoT-Based Remote Healthcare Networks

Authors

  • Kutliyev Sardor Pulatovich Department of Data Transmission Networks and Systems, Urgench State University named after Abu Rayhan Biruni, Urgench, Uzbekistan, 220100 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4133-0076
  • Khurshid Sodikov Department of Mechatronics and Robotics, Faculty of Electronics and Automation, Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam Karimov, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0672-3145
  • Geldiev Bexruz Department of basic medical sciences Faculty of Medicine, Termez University of Economics and Service, Termez, Uzbekistan. https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2191-5902
  • Shoxsanam Sobirova Assistant, Tashkent University of Information Technologies named after Muhammad al-Khwarizmi, Tashkent, Uzbekistan https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3250-0312
  • Dilfuza Berdieva Assistant Professor, Department of Faculty and Hospital Therapy No. 1, Rheumatology, Occupational Pathology, Tashkent State Medical University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9296-607X
  • S.Vaishnodevi Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College, (Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation), Salem, Tamilnadu, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0791-1400
  • R.Sathish Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vinayaka Mission`s Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College, (Vinayaka Mission`s Research Foundation), Salem, Tamilnadu, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9956-5014

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31838/NJAP/07.03.32

Keywords:

Wearable antennas, IoT healthcare, textile sensors, physiological monitoring, musculoskeletal tracking, biomedical communication, wireless body area networks

Abstract

The development of wearable biomedical systems necessitates the use of antennas that are able to monitor physiological parameters concurrently and that are also able to withstand wireless connexion in the face of dynamic body movements. The present paper introduces a smart sensor-integrated textile antenna system to be used in the real-time monitoring of respiratory and musculoskeletal conditions in the IoT-based remote healthcare systems. The system suggested will combine conductive textile fabrics with strain, pressure, and humidity sensors embedded within the textile to detect the level of thoracic expansion, joint flexion, and irregular breathing. The antenna architecture is designed in the form of a compact dual-band antenna to enable the transmission of data continuously in medical telemetry and low-power IoT bands. An integrated signal-fusion system is also presented to produce a correlation between sensor responses and adaptive antenna performance measurements to determine a better accuracy in diagnosis. The simulation of full-wave EM is used to validate the experiment and a prototype produced of a flexible polyester-cotton material. Findings show constant impedance properties, sensitivity to biomechanical deformation and the ability to transmit with energy efficiency wireless information at different body postures. It is novel in terms of multimodal sensing combined with textile antenna to be used in integrated physiological monitoring, which is one of the effective approaches to follow up on a large scale with telemedicine and long-term patient supervision.

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2025-12-21

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Vol. 7 No. 3 (2025): NJAP

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How to Cite

Kutliyev Sardor Pulatovich, Khurshid Sodikov, Geldiev Bexruz, Shoxsanam Sobirova, Dilfuza Berdieva, S.Vaishnodevi, & R.Sathish. (2025). Smart Sensor-Embedded Textile Antenna System for Real-Time Tracking of Respiratory and Musculoskeletal Disorders Using IoT-Based Remote Healthcare Networks. National Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 7(3), 252-259. https://doi.org/10.31838/NJAP/07.03.32

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