Radiation pattern of wearable antennas: A statistical analysis of the influence of the human body

International Journal of Wireless Information Networks

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 209-218

  Mackowiak, Michal ^a   Oliveira, Carla ^a   Correia, Luis M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antenna radiation pattern; Body area networks; Body coupling; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA EFFICIENCY; AREA OF INTEREST; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; BODY AREA NETWORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY; DISTANCE DISTRIBUTIONS; HUMAN BODIES; ON-BODY; RAYLEIGH; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL APPROACH; VOXEL MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); HEALTH CARE; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); STATISTICAL METHODS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84869501123     PISSN: 10689605     EISSN: 15728129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10776-012-0188-y     Document Type: Article

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