Non-Directed Infrared Links for High-Capacity Wireless LANs

IEEE Personal Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 12-25

  Kahn, Joseph M ^a   Barry, John R ^a   Audeh, Malik D ^a   Carruthers, Jeffrey B ^a   Krause, William J ^a   Marsh, Gene W ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EQUALIZATION TECHNIQUES; HIGH CAPACITY WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; INTENSITY MODULATION WITH DIRECT DETECTION; LINE OF SIGHT; MULTIPATH FADING; NON DIRECTED INFRARED LINKS; PATH LOSS; RECEIVER OPTICS; TRANSMISSION SPEEDS;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIVERSITY RECEPTION; INFRARED RADIATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTICS; RADIO INTERFERENCE; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

RADIO LINKS;

EID: 0028761772     PISSN: 10709916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MPC.1994.298462     Document Type: Article

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