Statistical analysis and performance evaluation for on-body radio propagation with microstrip patch antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 245-248

  Alomainy, Akram ^a   Hao, Yang ^a   Owadally, Abdus ^a,b   Parini, Clive G ^a   Nechayev, Yuri ^c   Constantinou, Costas C ^c   Hall, Peter S ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Canalys   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bit error rate (BER); Body area network; Microstrip antenna; On body propagation

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; RADIO SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BODY AREA NETWORK; MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA; ON-BODY PROPAGATION;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33846910023     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.888462     Document Type: Article

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