A three-site comparison of fade-duration measurements

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 917-924

  Helmken, Henry ^a   Henning, Rudolf E ^b   Feil, Julie ^c   Ippolito, Louis J ^d   Mayer, Charles E ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

^c Stanford Telecommunications Inc Reston   (United States)

^d University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation measurements; Communication channels; Fading channels; Microwave propagation; Satellite communication

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ERROR CORRECTION; FADING (RADIO); MODULATION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE (ACTS); ANNUAL FADE OCCURRENCE STATISTICS; FADING TIME DYNAMICS;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031166260     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.598414     Document Type: Article

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