On ultra wideband channel modeling for in-body communications

ISWPC 2010 - IEEE 5th International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 140-145

  Khaleghi, A ^a,c   Chavez Santiago R ^a,b,c   Liang, X ^a,c   Balasingham, I ^a,b,c   Leung, V C M ^d   Ramstad, T A ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channel model; Implant devices; In body communication; Ultra wideband; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL MODELS; CHANNEL MODEL; COMMUNICATION CHANNEL; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; GHZ FREQUENCIES; HEALTH MONITORING; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN CHEST; HUMAN TISSUES; IMPLANT DEVICES; IN-BODY COMMUNICATION; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MEDICAL IMPLANT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ON-BODY; RADIO PROPAGATION; RESEARCH EFFORTS; STATISTICAL CHANNEL MODEL; ULTRA-WIDEBAND CHANNELS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADIO TECHNOLOGIES; UWB RADIOS; UWB SIGNALS; WIRELESS SENSOR; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; CIVIL AVIATION; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY BANDS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INNOVATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RADIO COMMUNICATION; RADIO WAVES; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA); WAVE PROPAGATION;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 77954791299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISWPC.2010.5483804     Document Type: Conference Paper

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