Comparisons of a computer-based propagation prediction tool with experimental data collected in urban microcellular environments

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 677-684

  Erceg, Vinko ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Fortune, Steven J ^c,g   Ling, Jonathan ^c   Rustako Jr , A J ^a,b,c,h   Valenzuela, Reinaldo A ^c,i,j,k  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e City University of New York   (United States)

^f SCS Mobilecom   (United States)

^g Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^h NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k Motorola Canada Ltd   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Microcells; Propagation; Ray tracing

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

COMPUTER BASED PROPAGATION PREDICTION TOOL; PREDICTION ERRORS; RAY TRACING; SIGNAL STRENGTH; URBAN MICROCELLULAR ENVIRONMENTS;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031147421     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/49.585778     Document Type: Review

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