The Application of a Deterministic Ray Launching Algorithm for the Prediction of Radio Channel Characteristics in Small-Cell Environments

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 955-969

  Lawton, Michael C ^a   McGeehan, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICS; RADIO INTERFERENCE; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION;

DETERMINISTIC RAY LAUNCHING ALGORITHM; GEOMETRIC OPTICS;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0028539576     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: 19399359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.330158     Document Type: Article

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