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Overview

William Scanlon is affiliated with the Tyndall National Institute in Ireland and specializes in the field of Engineering with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their research spans several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Signal Processing, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Their work covers a range of topics related to wireless communications and antenna technologies. Key areas include:

  • Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Wireless Body Area Networks
  • Antenna Design and Analysis
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
  • Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies

Frequent collaborators of William Scanlon include Seong Ki Yoo, Simon L. Cotton, Mohammad J. Abdel-Rahman, Holger Claußen, and Lei Zhang.

William Scanlon has published research in several reputable scientific venues such as:

  • Proceedings of the IEEE
  • IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
  • IEEE Access
  • IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • Indoor Millimeter-Wave Systems: Design and Performance Evaluation, 2020, Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Circularly Polarized Dual-Mode Wearable Implant Repeater Antenna With Enhanced Into-Body Gain, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
  • An RSS-Based Classification of User Equipment Usage in Indoor Millimeter Wave Wireless Networks Using Machine Learning, 2020, IEEE Access
  • A Bandwidth-Enhanced Sub-GHz Wristwatch Antenna Using an Optimized Feed Structure, 2021, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
  • A Time Series-Based Study of Correlation, Channel Power Imbalance, and Diversity Gain in Indoor Distributed Antenna Systems at 60 GHz, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Best Publications

  • Analysis of the performance of IEEE 802.15.4 for medical sensor body area networking

    N.F. Timmons;W.G. Scanlon

  • Antennas for Over-Body-Surface Communication at 2.45 GHz

    G.A. Conway;W.G. Scanlon

  • Radiowave propagation from a tissue-implanted source at 418 MHz and 916.5 MHz

    W.G. Scanlon;B. Burns;N.E. Evans

  • An adaptive energy efficient MAC protocol for the medical body area network

    N. F. Timmons;W. G. Scanlon

  • Wireless networked control systems with QoS-based sampling

    J. Colandairaj;George Irwin;William Scanlon

  • Numerical analysis of bodyworn UHF antenna systems

    William Scanlon;N.E. Evans

  • An experimental investigation into the influence of user state and environment on fading characteristics in wireless body area networks at 2.45 GHz

    S.L. Cotton;W.G. Scanlon

  • Millimeter-wave soldier-to-soldier communications for covert battlefield operations

    S.L. Cotton;W.G. Scanlon;B.K. Madahar

  • Channel Characterization for Single- and Multiple-Antenna Wearable Systems Used for Indoor Body-to-Body Communications

    S.L. Cotton;W.G. Scanlon

  • A Statistical Analysis of Indoor Multipath Fading for a Narrowband Wireless Body Area Network

    Simon Cotton;William Scanlon

  • Characterization and Modeling of the Indoor Radio Channel at 868 MHz for a Mobile Bodyworn Wireless Personal Area Network

    S.L. Cotton;W.G. Scanlon

  • A Time-Domain Approach to the Analysis and Modeling of On-Body Propagation Characteristics Using Synchronized Measurements at 2.45 GHz

    S.L. Cotton;G.A. Conway;W.G. Scanlon

  • RF performance of a 418-MHz radio telemeter packaged for human vaginal placement

    W.G. Scanlon;N.E. Evans;Z.M. McCreesh

  • Higher Order Statistics for Lognormal Small-Scale Fading in Mobile Radio Channels

    S.L. Cotton;W.G. Scanlon

  • Prediction of variation in MIMO channel capacity for the populated indoor environment using a Radar cross-section-based pedestrian model

    K.I. Ziri-Castro;W.G. Scanlon;N.E. Evans

  • Co-design of predictive controllers for wireless network control

    George Irwin;J. Chen;A. McKernan;William Scanlon

  • In Situ Measurement of UHF Wearable Antenna Radiation Efficiency Using a Reverberation Chamber

    G.A. Conway;W.G. Scanlon;C. Orlenius;C. Walker

  • A simulated study of co-channel inter-BAN interference at 2.45 GHz and 60 GHz

    Simon L. Cotton;William G. Scanlon;Peter S. Hall

  • Pedestrian-induced fading for indoor channels at 2.45, 5.7 and 62 GHz

    F. Villanese;N.E. Evans;W.G. Scanlon

  • Tissue-Independent Implantable Antenna for In-Body Communications at 2.36–2.5 GHz

    Matthew K. Magill;Gareth A. Conway;William G. Scanlon

  • Device-Free Person Detection and Ranging in UWB Networks

    Yakup Kilic;Henk Wymeersch;Arjan Meijerink;Mark J. Bentum

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon L. Cotton
Simon L. Cotton Queen's University Belfast
George W. Irwin
George W. Irwin Queen's University Belfast
Mark J. Bentum
Mark J. Bentum Eindhoven University of Technology
Henk Wymeersch
Henk Wymeersch Chalmers University of Technology
Luiz A. DaSilva
Luiz A. DaSilva Virginia Tech
David Lopez-Perez
David Lopez-Perez Universitat Politècnica de València
Holger Claussen
Holger Claussen Tyndall National Institute
Walid Saad
Walid Saad Virginia Tech
Allen B. MacKenzie
Allen B. MacKenzie Tennessee Technological University
Hien Quoc Ngo
Hien Quoc Ngo Queen's University Belfast

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