Propagation modeling for UWB body area networks: Power decay and multi-sensor correlations

IEEE International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 649-653

  Van Roy, Stéphane ^a,b   Oestges, Claude ^b   Horlin, François ^a   De Doncker, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Body area networks; Multi sensor multi antenna; Spatial correlation; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; MIM DEVICES; MULTIPLEXING; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SENSORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TURBO CODES; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

4TH GENERATIONS; ANALYTICAL CHANNEL MODELS; BODY AREA NETWORKS; DIFFRACTED WAVES; IEEE 802.15.4A; LOW CONSUMPTIONS; MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES; MULTI-SENSOR MULTI-ANTENNA; SENSOR CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL CORRELATION; STANDARD CHANNEL MODELS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 57849102127     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSSTA.2008.127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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