A microcellular communications propagation model based on the uniform theory of diffraction and multiple image theory

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1317-1326

  Tan, S Y ^a   Tan, H S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

MULTIPLE IMAGE THEORY; UNIFORM THEORY OF DIFFRACTION (UTD);

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030271117     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.537325     Document Type: Article

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