Propagation Model for Microcellular Communications Applied to Path Loss Measurements in Ottawa City Streets

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 313-317

  Tan, S Y ^a   Tan, H S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY; LINE OF SIGHT REGIONS; MICROCELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS; MULTIPLE IMAGE THEORY; OUT OF SIGHT REGIONS; PATH LOSS MEASUREMENTS; PROPAGATION MODEL; RAY LAUNCHING TECHNIQUE; RECEIVED SIGNAL; UNIFORM THEORY OF DIFFRACTION;

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; ROADS AND STREETS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0029306041     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: 19399359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.385924     Document Type: Article

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