A novel method for the statistical prediction of rain attenuation in site diversity systems: Theory and comparative testing against experimental data

International Journal of Satellite Communications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-52

  Bosisio, Ada Vittoria ^a,b   Riva, Carlo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ORANGE LABS   (France)

Author keywords

Propagation; Site diversity

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY RECEPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SINGLE SITE RAIN ATTENUATION STATISTICS;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031685654     PISSN: 07372884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1247(199801/02)16:1<47::AID-SAT592>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Review

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