Analytical propagation models for body area networks

IET Seminar Digest

Volumn 2007, Issue 11803, 2007, Pages 90-96

  Roqueta, Gemma ^a   Fort, Andrew ^b,c   Craeye, Christophe ^d   Oestges, Claude ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Body area networks; Propagation model

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; BODY AREA NETWORK; BODY AREA NETWORKS; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; MODELING APPROACH; NEW APPLICATIONS; PROPAGATION CHANNELS; PROPAGATION MECHANISM; PROPAGATION MODEL; PROPAGATION MODELS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MODELS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 37149049031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ic:20070553     Document Type: Conference Paper

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