Propagation Considerations for Emerging Satellite Communications Applications

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 923-929

  Ippolito, Louis J ^a   Russell, Thomas A ^a  

^a Stanford Telecom   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; SATELLITE LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION DEGRADATIONS; LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITES;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0027608466     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.257689     Document Type: Article

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