Investigating the interaction between a human head and a smart handset for 4G mobile communication systems

Progress In Electromagnetics Research C

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 169-188

  Mahmoud, K R ^a,b   El Adawy, M ^a   Ibrahem, S M M ^a   Bansal, R ^b   Zainud Deen, S H ^c  

^a HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; BEAM FORMING NETWORKS; BEAMFORMING; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); RADIO BROADCASTING; SMART ANTENNAS; TELEPHONE SETS;

ADAPTIVE ARRAYS; BEAMFORMING SYNTHESIS; HAND HELD DEVICE; HUMAN-HEAD PHANTOM; MONOPOLE ARRAYS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 69949111755     PISSN: 19378718     EISSN: 15309681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERC08032405     Document Type: Article

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