Dynamic narrowband body area communications: Link-margin based performance analysis and second-order temporal statistics

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

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

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

900 MHZ; COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; FADE DURATION; HUMAN SUBJECTS; ISM BANDS; LINK MARGIN; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; NARROW BANDS; ON-BODY; OPERATING POINTS; OPERATING RELIABILITY; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER SENSITIVITY; SECOND ORDER STATISTICS; SECOND ORDERS; SYSTEM DESIGN;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77955032121     PISSN: 15253511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2010.5506769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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