Experimental characterisation of ultra-wideband off-body radio channels considering antenna effects

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 370-380

  Khan, Mohammad Monirujjaman ^a   Abbasi, Qammer Hussain ^a,b   Alomainy, Akram ^a   Hao, Yang ^a   Parini, Clive ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; FADING (RADIO); RADIO WAVES; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SLOT ANTENNAS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AVERAGE FADE DURATION; BODY-CENTRIC WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OFF-BODY RADIO CHANNELS; RADIO PROPAGATION CHANNEL; SMALLFORM-FACTOR (SFF); TA-PERED-SLOT ANTENNAS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84908616748     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2011.0560     Document Type: Article

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