IEEE 802.15.4a UWB receivers in medical applications

International Journal of Ultra Wideband Communications and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-82

  Niemelä, Ville ^a   Hämäläinen, Matti ^a   Iinatti, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

ED; Energy detector; IEEE 802.15.4a; Medical applications; Rake receivers; Ultra wideband; UWB; WBAN; Wireless body area networks; Wireless hospital environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857335140     PISSN: 1758728X     EISSN: 17587298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJUWBCS.2011.044599     Document Type: Article

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