Characterization and performance of high-frequency pulse transmission for human body area communications

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E90-B, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1344-1350

  Wang, Jianqing ^a   Nishikawa, Yuji ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bit error rate performance; Debye approximation; FD2TD method; Impulse radio; Interference; On body transmission; Transmission characteristics

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; BUDGET CONTROL; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); IMPULSE NOISE; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHASE MODULATION; RADIO; RADIO TRANSMISSION; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

BIT ERROR RATE (BER) PERFORMANCE; DEBYE APPROXIMATION; IMPULSE RADIO; ON-BODY TRANSMISSIONS; TD METHOD; TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 60249088510     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: 17451345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e90-b.6.1344     Document Type: Conference Paper

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