Channel decomposition method for designing body-worn antenna diversity systems

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 254-262

  Lee, Gil Young ^a   Psychoudakis, Dimitris ^a   Chen, Chi Chih ^a   Volakis, John L ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Body worn antennas; diversity methods; human body; land mobile radio diversity systems; wearable antennas; wireless communications

Indexed keywords

BODYWORN ANTENNAS; DIVERSITY METHOD; HUMAN BODY; LAND MOBILE RADIO DIVERSITY SYSTEMS; WEARABLE ANTENNAS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; RATING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MOBILE ANTENNAS;

EID: 78651345582     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2078444     Document Type: Article

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