An improved ultra wideband channel model including the frequency-dependent attenuation for in-body communications

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1631-1634

  Khaleghi, A ^a   Chavez Santiago, R ^b   Balasingham, I ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Institute for Clinical Medicine   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT ATTENUATION; GHZ FREQUENCIES; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN CHEST; IN-BODY COMMUNICATIONS; INHERENT CHARACTERISTICS; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; MEDICAL SENSORS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PROPAGATION MODELS; PROPER DESIGN; SPECTRUM SHAPE; STATISTICAL MODELS; ULTRA LOW POWER; ULTRA-WIDEBAND CHANNEL MODELS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND TECHNOLOGY; UWB PROPAGATION CHANNEL; UWB SIGNALS; VOXEL REPRESENTATION; WINDOW FUNCTIONS; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK; WIRELESS INTERFACES; WIRELESS SENSOR; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RADIO WAVES; SENSORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880811891     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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