Design of a wearable, low-cost, through-wall doppler radar system

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Agneessens, Sam ^a   Van Torre, Patrick ^a,b   Declercq, Frederick ^a   Spinnewyn, Bart ^a   Stockman, Gert Jan ^a   Rogier, Hendrik ^a   Vande Ginste, Dries ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL RATIO; BEAM WIDTHS; BURNING BUILDINGS; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; DETECTING MOVING OBJECTS; DISASTER AREAS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; KEY PARTS; LEFT-HAND CIRCULAR POLARIZATIONS; LOW-COMPLEXITY; MEASUREMENT SETUP; MOVING SUBJECT; ON-BODY; RECEIVE ANTENNA; SCANNING ANGLES; TEXTILE MATERIALS; THROUGH WALLS;

DETECTOR CIRCUITS; DOPPLER RADAR; RADAR SYSTEMS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; TEXTILES;

WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84866167989     PISSN: 16875869     EISSN: 16875877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/840924     Document Type: Article

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