A study on the transmission characteristics of the human body towards broadband intra-body communications

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, ISCE

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 99-104

  Ruiz, Jordi Agud ^a,b,c   Shimamoto, Shigeru ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IEICE ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Body area networks; Intra body communication; Near field radio; Propagation characteristics of human body

Indexed keywords

BODY AREA NETWORKS; INTRA-BODY COMMUNICATION; NEAR-FIELD RADIO; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN BODY;

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FREQUENCIES; RADIO; TRANSCEIVERS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 28444447055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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