Path diversity for LEO satellite-PCS in the urban environment

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1107-1116

  Akturan, Riza ^a  

^a Globalstar   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity methods; Satellite communication

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY RECEPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MOBILE SATELLITE SYSTEMS; PATH DIVERSITY GAIN; SATELLITE PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031185504     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.596901     Document Type: Article

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