Radiowave propagation in mobile communications: An overview of European research

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 70-81

  Fleury, Bernard H ^a,b,c,d   Leuthold, Peter E ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Communication Technology Laboratory ^*

^c ETH Zurich ^*

^d PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^e Electrical Engineering Department   (Switzerland)

^f ICC '93   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD DIRECTION DELAY SPREAD FUNCTION; MOBILE RADIO CHANNEL; MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICES; POWER DELAY PROFILE; SATELLITE INTEGRATION IN THE FUTURE MOBILE NETWORK; UNIVERSAL PERSONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

ANTENNAS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ESTIMATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MILLIMETER WAVES; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030086491     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/35.481300     Document Type: Review

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