Antenna design and channel modeling in the BAN context-part I: Antennas

Annales des Telecommunications/Annals of Telecommunications

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 139-155

  Roblin, Christophe ^a   Laheurte, Jean Marc ^b   D'Errico, Raffaele ^c   Gati, Azeddine ^d   Lautru, David ^e   Alvès, Thierry ^b   Terchoune, Hanae ^d   Bouttout, Farid ^e  

^a ENSTA PARISTECH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^c CEA LETI   (France)

^d ORANGE LABS   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Antenna; Antenna miniaturization; Body absorption; Body area network; Human tissues permittivity; In on body channel; Input impedance; Medical implants; MICS; On body channel; Radiation pattern; Total efficiency; UWB

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA MINIATURIZATION; BODY ABSORPTION; BODY AREA NETWORK; HUMAN TISSUES PERMITTIVITY; INPUT IMPEDANCE; MEDICAL IMPLANTS; MICS; ON-BODY; RADIATION PATTERN; TOTAL EFFICIENCY; UWB;

ABSORPTION; ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; FERRITES; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; PERMITTIVITY; TISSUE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 79954421650     PISSN: 00034347     EISSN: 19589395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12243-010-0237-4     Document Type: Article

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