A 60 kb/s10 Mb/s adaptive frequency hopping transceiver for interference-resilient body channel communication

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 708-717

  Cho, Namjun ^a   Yan, Long ^a   Bae, Joonsung ^a   Yoo, Hoi Jun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adaptive frequency hopping; Body antenna effect; Body area network; Body channel communication

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; TRANSCEIVERS;

ADAPTIVE FREQUENCY HOPPING; BODY ANTENNA EFFECT; BODY AREA NETWORK; BODY CHANNEL COMMUNICATION; CHANNEL-ADAPTIVE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HUMAN BODIES; MEDICAL DATUM; SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONS; WORST CASE;

FREQUENCY HOPPING;

EID: 61449172207     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2012328     Document Type: Article

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