Off-body channel measurements at 2.4 GHz and 868 MHz in an indoor environment

BODYNETS 2014 - 9th International Conference on Body Area Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 5-11

  Mellios, Evangelos ^a   Goulianos, Angelos ^a   Dumanli, Sema ^b   Hilton, Geoffrey S ^a   Piechocki, Robert J ^a   Craddock, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

2.4 GHz band; 868 MHz band; Indoor propagation; Off body channel measurements; On body antennas; WBANs

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS; SLOT ANTENNAS; WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

2.4 GHZ-BAND; 868 MHZ BAND; BODY CHANNELS; INDOOR PROPAGATION; ON-BODY; WBANS;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84936035596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4108/icst.bodynets.2014.257000     Document Type: Conference Paper

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