Channel modeling and performance analysis of diversity reception for implant UWB wireless link

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E95-B, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3197-3205

  Shi, Jingjing ^a   Anzai, Daisuke ^a   Wang, Jianqing ^a,b,c  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sophia Systems Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bit error rate (BER); Channel model; In body to on body communication; Spatial diversity; Ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; CODES (SYMBOLS); DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIVERSITY RECEPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; IMPULSE RESPONSE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BIT ERROR RATE (BER) PERFORMANCE; CHANNEL MODEL; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; ON-BODY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); SPATIAL DIVERSITY; TWO BRANCH DIVERSITY RECEPTION; ULTRA-WIDEBAND COMMUNICATIONS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84866951893     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: 17451345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E95.B.3197     Document Type: Article

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