A novel path-loss model for UWB off-body propagation

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 450-454

  Goulianos, Angelos A ^b   Brown, Tim W C ^b   Stavrou, Stavros ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Centre for Communication Systems Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access Point (AP); Off body communications; Path loss model; Ultra wideband (UWB); Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN)

Indexed keywords

IMAGE COMPRESSION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ACCESS POINT (AP); BREAK POINTS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS; CRITICAL ANGLES; DECAY COEFFICIENTS; FAR FIELDS; FREQUENCY RANGES; IN-BETWEEN; MULTI SLOPES; NEW PARAMETERS; OFF-BODY COMMUNICATIONS; PATH-LOSS MODEL; PROPAGATION ENVIRONMENTS; TWO DIMENSIONS; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORKS (WBAN);

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 47749111395     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VETECS.2008.105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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