Body-worn distributed MIMO system

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1752-1765

  Ouyang, Yuehui ^a   Love, David J ^a   Chappell, William J ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Diversity methods; Microstrip antennas; Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems; Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems; Wearable antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA CORRELATION; ANTENNA DIRECTIVITY; ANTENNA PATTERN; COMPLEX CHANNELS; CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; DIPOLE ARRAYS; DISTRIBUTED MIMO; DIVERSITY METHODS; EFFECTIVE GAIN; HANDHELD; HUMAN BODIES; MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE-INPUT-MULTIPLE-OUTPUT SYSTEMS; OMNIDIRECTIONAL RADIATION; OUTAGE CAPACITY; PATCH ANTENNA; PHYSICAL MODELING; PHYSICAL SIMULATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION LOSS; RADIATION PATTERNS; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DIVERSITY; SYSTEM CAPACITY; THEORETICAL MODELING; WEARABLE ANTENNAS; WEARABLE SYSTEMS; WIRELESS CHANNEL MODEL;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; DECODING; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; HOSIERY MANUFACTURE; LOCATION; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MIMO SYSTEMS; MODELS; MULTIPLEXING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 66149085777     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2008.2004491     Document Type: Article

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