Characterization of On-Body Communication Channel and Energy Efficient Topology Design for Wireless Body Area Networks
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عنوان ژورنال: IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1089-7771
DOI: 10.1109/titb.2009.2033054