Dynamic channel modeling for multi-sensor body area networks

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2200-2208

  Van Roy, Stephane ^a   Quitin, Francois ^b   Liu, Lingfeng ^c   Oestges, Claude ^c   Horlin, Francois ^a   Dricot, Jean Michel ^a   De Doncker, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Santa Barbara   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Channel model; multi link; wireless body area network (WBAN)

Indexed keywords

CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; FADING (RADIO); NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS; AVERAGE FADE DURATION; CHANNEL MODEL; DYNAMIC CHANNEL MODELING; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MULTI-LINK; SINUSOIDAL COMPONENTS; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 84876026402     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2231917     Document Type: Article

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