Channel characterization for single- and multiple-antenna wearable systems used for indoor body-to-body communications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 4 PART. 1, 2009, Pages 980-990

  Cotton, Simon L ^a   Scanlon, William G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body to body propagation; Bodyworn antennas; Channel characterization; Spatial diversity; Wireless personal area networks

Indexed keywords

BODY-TO-BODY PROPAGATION; BODYWORN ANTENNAS; CHANNEL CHARACTERIZATION; SPATIAL DIVERSITY; WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FADING (RADIO); FADING CHANNELS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; WEARABLE COMPUTERS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 65549127243     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2014576     Document Type: Article

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