Satellite Systems for Personal Communications

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1325-1340

  Evans, J V ^a  

^a H COMSAT Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Land mobile radio; Propagation; Satellite antennas; Satellite communication; Satellite mobile communication; Satellites

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

SATELLITE ANTENNAS; SATELLITE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032122966     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.681367     Document Type: Article

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