UWB channel modelling for wireless body area networks in a hospital

International Journal of Ultra Wideband Communications and Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 226-236

  Taparugssanagorn, Attaphongse ^a   Pomalaza Ráez, Carlos ^a   Isola, Ari ^a   Tesi, Raffaello ^a   Hämäläinen, Matti ^a   Iinatti, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body centric wireless communications; Medical information and communications technologies (MICT); Medical wireless sensors; e health

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953819591     PISSN: 1758728X     EISSN: 17587298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJUWBCS.2010.034304     Document Type: Article

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