Antennas and propagation for body centric communications

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn 626 SP, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hall, P S ^a   Hao, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SENSORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNA DESIGN; BODY CENTRIC COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; MEDICAL SENSING; WEARABLE SENSORS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 33847415530     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/eucap.2006.4584864     Document Type: Conference Paper

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