Satellite systems for personal communications

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 7-19

  Evans, J V ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a COMSAT Corporation ^*  (United States)

^b Image Processing Department   (United States)

^c MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Radio Physics Division   (United States)

^e Millstone Hill Radar   (United States)

^f Millstone Hill ^*  (United States)

^g Aerospace Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Personal communication networks; Satellite communication

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SWITCHING NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

PERSONAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES; PUBLIC SWITCHED NETWORK;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031166128     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.598556     Document Type: Article

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