A ray-tracing method for modeling indoor wave propagation and penetration

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 907-919

  Yang, Chang Fa ^a   Wu, Boau Cheng ^a   Ko, Chuen Jyi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Geometrical optics; Indoor radio communication; Ray tracing method

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REFLECTION; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

INDOOR WAVE PROPAGATION; RAY-TRACING METHOD;

RADIO COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032095301     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.686780     Document Type: Article

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