An Experimental Evaluation of Switched Combining Based Macro-Diversity for Wearable Communications Operating in an Outdoor Environment
- Submitting institution
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Queen's University of Belfast
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 140557152
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1109/TWC.2017.2709298
- Title of journal
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
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- First page
- 5338
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 8
- ISSN
- 1536-1276
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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C - Electrical and Electronic
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Supported by EPSRC EP/L0206074/1 this was the first published work to investigate the use of macro-diversity (or equivalently distributed antenna systems) for removing the effects of human body shadowing, which are known to be extremely detrimental to performance of wearable systems. The work employed a rigorous measurement and validation procedure, combining for the first time ever experimental data obtained using a purposely developed measurement system, theoretical channel modelling and multibranch diversity combining.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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