The impact of satellite altitude on the performance of LEOS based communication systems

Wireless Networks

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-213

  Gavish, Bezalel ^a,c,d,e,f,g   Kalvenes, Joakim ^b,f,h,i,j  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d Naval Postgraduate School   (United States)

^e VERIZON   (United States)

^f IEEE   (Japan)

^g ORSA Spec Interest Grp on Telecom   (Sweden)

^h NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^j VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITE (LEOS) SYSTEMS;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032001435     PISSN: 10220038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019151905814     Document Type: Article

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