Ultra-wideband channel model for communication around the human body

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 24, Issue 4 I, 2006, Pages 927-933

  Fort, Andrew ^a,b,c   Ryckaert, Julien ^b   Desset, Claude ^a,b   De Doncker, Philippe ^d   Wambacq, Piet ^a,b,c   Van Biesen, Leo ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Body area network; Channel model; Ultra wide band (UWB)

Indexed keywords

BODY AREA NETWORK; CHANNEL MODEL; ULTRA-WIDE-BAND (UWB);

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSORS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33847388590     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2005.863885     Document Type: Article

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