Base-station tracking in mobile communications using a switched parasitic antenna array

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 841-844

  Preston, Stephanie L ^a   Thiel, David V ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Mobile communication

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TRACKING (POSITION);

BASE-STATION TRACKING;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0032099603     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.686771     Document Type: Article

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