Experimental characterization of the body-coupled communications channel

ISWCS'08 - Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 234-239

  Schenk, Tim C W ^a   Mazloum, Nafiseh Seyed ^a   Tan, Luc ^a   Rutten, Peter ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE COMPUTING;

BODY MOTIONS; BODY MOVEMENTS; CHANNEL ATTENUATIONS; CHANNEL BEHAVIORS; COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS; ELECTRO DEPOSITIONS; ELECTRODE DESIGNS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FREQUENCY DISPERSIONS; HUMAN BODIES; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; ON BODIES; PROPAGATION LOSS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; WHOLE BODIES;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 62449278798     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISWCS.2008.4726053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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