Experimental investigation of diversity techniques for on-body communication systems

IET Seminar Digest

Volumn 2007, Issue 11803, 2007, Pages 63-66

  Serra, A A ^a   Nepa, P ^a   Manara, G ^a   Hall, P S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Diversity gain; On body communications

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURES; COMMON GROUND; COMMUNICATION CHANNEL; COMMUNICATION LINKS; DIVERSITY; DIVERSITY GAIN; DIVERSITY PERFORMANCE; DIVERSITY TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FADING EFFECT; GROUND PLANES; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; ON-BODY; ON-BODY COMMUNICATIONS;

ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FADING (RADIO); TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

RADIO COMMUNICATION;

EID: 67649982994     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ic:20070548     Document Type: Conference Paper

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