Interference in body area networks: Distance does not dominate

IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 281-285

  Hanlen, Leif W ^a,b   Miniutti, Dino ^a,b   Rodda, David ^a   Gilbert, Ben ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

BODY AREA NETWORK; BODY AREA NETWORKS; FREE SPACES; INTERFERENCE POWER; LOCAL VARIATIONS; NETWORK INTERFERENCES; PATH LOSS EXPONENT; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

RADIO COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77952791364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PIMRC.2009.5450109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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