A new approach to 3-D ray tracing for propagation prediction in cities

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 853-863

  Liang, George ^a   Bertoni, Henry L ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometrical optics; Propagation; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; URBAN PLANNING;

3-D RAY TRACING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032097039     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.686774     Document Type: Article

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