Predicting RF coverage in large environments using ray-beam tracing and partitioning tree represented geometry

Wireless Networks

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-154

  Rajkumar, A ^a   Naylor, B F ^a   Feisullin, F ^a,b   Rogers, L ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b CDMA PCS and Cellular System Design

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEX RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

RAY BEAM TRACING;

MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030374229     PISSN: 10220038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01225637     Document Type: Article

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