K distribution: An appropriate substitute for Rayleigh-lognormal distribution in fading-shadowing wireless channels

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 851-852

  Abdi, A ^a   Kaveh, M ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FADING (RADIO); MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

RAYLEIGH LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

RADIO COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032050832     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19980625     Document Type: Article

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