Characterization of 60 GHz shadowing by human bodies and simple phantoms

Proceedings of 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 473-477

  Gustafson, Carl ^a   Tufvesson, Fredrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

60 GHZ BAND; HIGH DATA RATE; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN PHANTOMS; MEASUREMENT-BASED; SHADOWING EFFECTS; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

FREQUENCY BANDS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84862882002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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