Path gain models for on-body communication systems at 2.4 and 5.8 GHz

Annales des Telecommunications/Annals of Telecommunications

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 205-212

  Guraliuc, Anda R ^a   Serra, Andrea A ^a   Nepa, Paolo ^a   Manara, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

On body area networks; Path gain modeling; Propagation channel characterization

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR RING SLOT; BODY MODELS; CANONICAL GEOMETRIES; CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; CST MICROWAVE STUDIO; GAIN MODELS; HUMAN BODIES; LOW PROFILE; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; ON-BODY; PATH GAIN MODELING; PROPAGATION CHANNEL CHARACTERIZATION; PROPAGATION CHANNELS; PROPAGATION MODELS; WEARABLE DEVICES;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); RADIO LINKS; WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 79954421138     PISSN: 00034347     EISSN: 19589395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12243-010-0222-y     Document Type: Article

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