Multiple body-worn antenna diversity

2009 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology, iWAT 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Volakis, John L ^a   Lee, Gil Young ^a   Psychoudakis, Dimitris ^a   Chen, Chi Chih ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTENNA DIVERSITY; ANTENNA PERFORMANCE; BODYWORN ANTENNAS; EVALUATION METHOD; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN POSTURES; OPERATIONAL FREQUENCY; POST PROCESSING; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

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EID: 67650446396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWAT.2009.4906965     Document Type: Conference Paper

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