Estimating Local Mean Signal Strength of Indoor Multipath Propagation

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 203-212

  Valenzuela, Reinaldo A ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CALCULATIONS; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIO TRANSMITTERS;

INDOOR MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; LINEAR AVERAGING TECHNIQUE; LOCAL MEAN SIGNAL STRENGTH; RAY TRACING PROPAGATION MODEL;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031079094     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.554753     Document Type: Article

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