Propagation models for body-area networks: A survey and new outlook

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 97-117

  Smith, David B ^a   Miniutti, Dino ^b   Lamahewa, Tharaka A ^c   Hanlen, Leif W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Colgan and Co ^*  (Australia)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body area networks; channel models; fading; IEEE standards; radio propagation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894474731     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2013.6735479     Document Type: Review

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