Computerized indoor radio channel estimation using ray tracing

Annales des Telecommunications/Annals of Telecommunications

Volumn 52, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 251-263

  Kimpe, Marc ^a   Leib, Harry ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer aid; Geometrical optics; Indoor radiocommunication; Iteration; Multipath propagation; Radio channel; Ray tracing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002865235     PISSN: 00034347     EISSN: 19589395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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