Characteristics of impulsive noise in the 450-MHz band in hospitals and clinics

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 194-203

  Keith Blankenship, T ^a   Rappaport, Theodore S ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Impulse noise; Indoor radio communication

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); HOSPITALS; RADIO COMMUNICATION;

IMPULSIVE NOISE; INDOOR RADIO COMMUNICATION;

SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EID: 0032002691     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.660963     Document Type: Article

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