A Theoretical Model of UHF Propagation in Urban Environments

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1988, Pages 1788-1796

  Walfisch, Joram ^a   Bertoni, Henry L ^b  

^a Ministry of Defence Government of Israel   (Israel)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES--DIFFRACTION;

MULTIPLE DIFFRACTION; UHF PROPAGATION IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; UHF RADIO COMMUNICATION;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0024176460     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.14401     Document Type: Article

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