Characterization of wireless on-body channel under specific action scenarios at sub-GHz bands

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5364-5372

  Kim, Minseok ^a   Takada, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body area networks (BAN); Fading channels; On body propagation; Shadowing; UHF; WMTS

Indexed keywords

BODY AREA NETWORKS; ON-BODY PROPAGATION; SHADOWING; UHF; WMTS;

FADING CHANNELS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

CHANNEL CAPACITY; FADING (RADIO); FADING CHANNELS; FREQUENCY BANDS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84884796745     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2207937     Document Type: Article

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