An SBR/image approach for radio wave propagation in indoor environments with metallic furniture

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 98-106

  Chen, Shin Hon ^a   Jeng, Shyh Kang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Radio propagation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIO INTERFERENCE; RADIO RECEIVERS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO PROPAGATION; MULTIPLE REFLECTION; SHOOTING AND BOUNCING RAY (SBR) METHOD; VECTOR EFFECTIVE HEIGHT (VEH) METHOD;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030869815     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.554246     Document Type: Article

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