FM-UWB for radar and communications in medical applications

2008 1st International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies, ISABEL 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gupta, Bharat ^a   Valente, Daniela ^a   Cianca, Ernestina ^b   Prasad, Ramjee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomedical health; CW Radar; FM UWB; WBAN

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICAL HEALTH; COMMUNICATION DEVICE; COMMUNICATION STANDARDS; CW-RADAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FM-UWB; FREQUENCY MODULATED; HEART-RATE MONITORING; INTEGRATED SENSING; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; LOWER-POWER CONSUMPTION; MULTI-PATH; NON-INVASIVE; OPERATIONAL MODES; RADIATED POWER; UWB TECHNOLOGY; WBAN; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT MONITORING; PLANNING; RADAR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 67650118266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISABEL.2008.4712608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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