Novel communication services based on human body and environment interaction: Applications inside trains and applications for handicapped people

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2240-2245

  Ruiz, Jordi Agud ^a   Shimamoto, Shigeru ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Applications for handicapped people; Body area networks; Intra body communications; Intrabody channels; Services inside trains

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR NONVOCAL PERSONS; RADIO COMMUNICATION; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

APPLICATIONS FOR HANDICAPPED PEOPLE; BODY AREA NETWORKS; INTRA-BODY COMMUNICATIONS; INTRABODY CHANNELS; SERVICES INSIDE TRAINS;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 34250352770     PISSN: 15253511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/wcnc.2006.1696644     Document Type: Conference Paper

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