A statistical analysis of the influence of the human body on the radiation pattern of wearable antennas

IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2214-2218

  MacKowiak, Michal ^a   Oliveira, Carla ^a   Lopes, Carlos ^a   Correia, Luis M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA EFFICIENCY; DISTANCE DISTRIBUTIONS; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN MODEL; PATCH ANTENNA; RAYLEIGH; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL APPROACH;

HUMAN FORM MODELS; WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 84857513338     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PIMRC.2011.6139910     Document Type: Conference Paper

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