Efficient Ray-Tracing Techniques for Three-Dimensional Analyses of Propagation in Mobile Communications: Application to Picocell and Microcell Scenarios

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 15-27

  Catedra M F ^a,b   Perez J ^a,b   Saez De Adana, F ^a   Gutierrez, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geometrical Theory of Diffraction; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Land mobile radio propagation factors; Uniform Theory of Diffraction

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; DIFFRACTION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; URBAN PLANNING;

RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUES;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032049607     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.683539     Document Type: Article

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