Measurements, modeling and simulation of the off-body radio channel for the implementation of bodyworn antenna diversity at 868 MHz

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3951-3961

  Cotton, Simon L ^a   Scanlon, William G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity methods; Fading channels; Propagation; Propagation measurements; Radio propagation; UHF communication

Indexed keywords

BODYWORN ANTENNAS; BRANCH SYSTEM; CROSS-CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIVERSITY COMBINERS; DIVERSITY GAIN; DIVERSITY METHOD; DIVERSITY METHODS; DIVERSITY RECEPTION TECHNIQUES; DIVERSITY SYSTEMS; FADING CONDITIONS; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MAXIMAL-RATIO; MAXIMAL-RATIO COMBINING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; MODELING AND SIMULATION; MULTIPLE ANTENNA; NAKAGAMI FADING; NAKAGAMI-M PARAMETER; OFF-BODY COMMUNICATIONS; POST PROCESSING; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PROPAGATION MEASUREMENTS; RADIO CHANNELS; RADIO PROPAGATION; RAYLEIGH; RECEIVED SIGNALS; RECEIVER DIVERSITY; SECOND ORDERS; SIGNAL FADING; THEORETICAL EQUATION; WEARABLE SYSTEMS;

ANTENNAS; DIVERSITY RECEPTION; FADING (RADIO); MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RADIO WAVES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIMULATORS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEARABLE COMPUTERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FADING CHANNELS;

EID: 72649088513     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2033439     Document Type: Article

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