A subject-specific radio propagation study in wireless body area networks

Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2009 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 80-83

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Sani, Andrea ^a   Hao, Yang ^a   Lee, Su Lin ^b   Yang, Guang Zhong ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEPING WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE; HUMAN BODIES; INHOMOGENEOUS OBJECTS; RADIO CHANNEL CHARACTERISTICS; RADIO CHANNELS; RADIO PROPAGATION; RECEIVED SIGNALS; SIMULATION TOOL; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC; TIME-DOMAIN METHODS; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

ANTENNAS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO WAVES;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 76149093555     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LAPC.2009.5352564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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