Measurements and simulations for on-body antenna design and propagation studies

IET Seminar Digest

Volumn 2007, Issue 11961, 2007, Pages

  Hu, Z H ^a   Gallo, M ^b   Bai, Q ^a   Nechayev, Y I ^a   Hall, P S ^a   Bozzettit, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer simulations; On body propagation channel; Wearable antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA DESIGN; BODY DYNAMICS; BODY MOVEMENTS; CHANNEL PATHS; CHARACTERISATION; GAIN VARIATIONS; HUMAN BODIES; MICROSTRIP PATCH; MONOPOLE ANTENNA; ON-BODY; ON-BODY PROPAGATION CHANNEL; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; STANDING-UP; TRANSMISSION LINK; WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 70349786185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ic.2007.1067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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